Pyramica serket Bolton, 2000

Bolton, B., 2000, The ant tribe Dacetini. With a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65, pp. 341-369 : 349

Pyramica serket Bolton sp. n.

HOLOTYPE WORKER. TL 2.7, HL 0.66, HW 0.46, CI 70, ML 0.10, MI 15, SL 0.31, SI 67, PW 0.30, AL 0.76. Characters of hoplites-complex; very similar to hoplites but considerably smaller (compare measurements), mostly matching the description of that species but differing as follows.

1 Dorsum of petiole node in profile is longer and more convex from anterodorsal angle to posterior collar in serket than in hoplites .

2 With petiole in profile the lateral spongiform lobe extends forward to the level of, or slightly in front of the level of, the anterior face of the node in serket . In hoplites the spongiform lobe terminates behind the level of the node's anterior face.

3 In dorsal view the petiolar lateral spongiform lobes terminate at the level of the spiracles in serket ; distinctly behind this level in hoplites .

4 Length of petiole node in dorsal view, from anterior margin to start of the posterior collar, is longer than the postpetiole disc in serket , shorter than the disc in hoplites .

PARATYPE WORKERS. TL 2.4 - 2.7, HL 0.60 - 0.66, HW 0.41 - 0.47, CI 68 - 71, ML 0.10, MI 15 - 17, SL 0.28 - 0.31, SI 64 - 68, PW 0.27 - 0.31, AL 0.68 - 0.78 (3 measured).

Paratypes. Madagascar: 2 workers, 6.3 km. S Ambanizana, Andranobe, 15 ° 41 ' S, 49 ° 57 ' E, 25 m., 14. xi. 1993, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) rainforest, # 886 (12) - 2 (B. L. Fisher); 1 worker, 5.3 km. SSE Ambanizana, Andranobe, 15 ° 40 ' S, 49 ° 58 ' E, 425 m., 21. xi. 1993, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) rainforest, # 926 (2) - 2 (B. L. Fisher) (UCD, BMNH).

NON-PARATYPIC MATERIAL EXAMINED. Madagascar: Prov. Toamasina, EC. Andriantantely (H. J. Ratsirarson); Toamasina, F. C. Sandranantitra (H. J. Ratsirarson).