Axinidris nigripes 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 : 568

publication ID	21291
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246196
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scientific name	Axinidris nigripes Shattuck
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Axinidris nigripes Shattuck View in CoL HNS

Axinidris nigripes Shattuck, 1991: 117 - 118 HNS ; fig. 35 (w). GHANA, Aburi (P. Room) ( BMNH) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Scape and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines exceeding PPW; hairs of head and mesosoma brown, coarse and seta-like.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.97; HL 1.06; SL 0.78; EL 0.30; OVD 0.33; PNW n / a; PPW 0.50; WL 1.27. Indices. CI 91; CNI 195; OI 31; SI 80.

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

Queen and male unknown.

DISCUSSION

This species is similar to both A. luhya HNS and A. palligastrion HNS . It differs from the latter in its larger size, deeper clypeal notch and differing color pattern, the gaster being darker than the head and mesosoma, the reverse of the pattern in A. palligastrion HNS . From A. luhya HNS , A. nigripes HNS differs by the coarser, darker mesosomal hairs (fine and yellowish in A. luhya HNS .