Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991

Snelling, R. R., 2007, A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 551-579 : 570

publication ID	21291
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246202
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scientific name	Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck
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Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck View in CoL HNS

Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991: 118 HNS ; figs. 29 - 31; fig. 35 (w). GHANA, Nswam (= Nsawam ) (P. Room) ( BMNH) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines equal to PPW; pronotum smooth and shiny; mesonotum without rugae; gaster yellowish red, not concolorous with mesosoma.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 5). HW 0.81 - 0.85; HL 0.87 - 0.93; SL 0.61 - 0.67; EL 0.26 - 0.30; OVD 0.29 - 0.32; PNW n / a; PPW 0.42 - 0.45; WL 1.05 - 1.16. Indices. CI 91 - 94; CNI 107 - 134; OI 31 - 35; SI 72 - 78.

Worker description. The worker has been adequately described by Shattuck (1991).

Queen and male unknown.

DISCUSSION

Although similar to A. nigripes HNS , this species is separable as noted in the discussion of that species. The gaster is distinctly lighter in color than the head and mesosoma, but is not distinctly bicolored as in the otherwise similar A. mlalu HNS , a species that lacks erect pronotal hairs (present in A. palligastrion HNS ).