A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris.
Author
Snelling, R. R.
text
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute
Editor
Snelling, R. R.
Editor
Fisher, B. L.
Editor
Ward, P. S.
2007
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions.
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Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck
Axinidris ghanensis
Shattuck, 1991: 114
; fig. 35 (w).
GHANA
,
Mampong
(
P. Room
) (
BMNH
) examined
.
Worker diagnosis. Antennal scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present and subacute in profile; distance between spines less than PPW; gastral tergum 2 shiny and sparsely punctate.
Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.76; HL 0.83; SL 0.66; EL 0.21; OVD 0.30; PNW n / a; PPW 0.34; WL 0.98. Indices. CI 91; CNI 150; OI 28; SI 86.
Worker description. The worker caste has been adequately described by
Shattuck (1991)
.
Queen and male unknown.
DISCUSSION
This species is known only from the single worker holotype. Nothing is known of its biology, although it is assumed to be arboreal. The most similar species is
A. luhya
, described below, from which it differs as detailed under that species.