Phrynoponera sveni (Forel)

Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45, pp. 39-269 : 80

publication ID

20597

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6288968

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scientific name

Phrynoponera sveni (Forel)
status

 

Phrynoponera sveni (Forel) View in CoL   HNS

Three workers from Medje (Lang and Chapin), agree perfectly with Forel's description. They all show, however, a beautiful blue opalescence, like that of Lobopelta iridescens   HNS , on the smooth declivity of the epinotum, the sides of the petiole, and the whole surface of the postpetiole. This may have been overlooked by Forel, as the surfaces of these ants are often covered with a layer of dirt. It was only after my specimens had been thoroughly washed in caustic potash that the blue coloration of the parts above mentioned was revealed. P. sveni   HNS is a, strongly marked species, characterized by the long antennae, toothless clypeus, and slender, pointed and upwardly directed epinotal spines (Fig. 13a-c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Phrynoponera

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