Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor, 1965

Shattuck, S. O., Gunawardene, N. R. & Heterick, B., 2012, A revision of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) in Australia and Melanesia, Zootaxa 3444 (1), pp. 40-50 : 47

Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor

Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor, 1965: 358 .

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Diagnosis. Petiolar node relatively long and narrow (best viewed dorsally), the dorsal face (in side view) uniformly convex and without a separation of the anterior and dorsal faces; anterior projection of the subpetiolar process broadly rounded, the posterior projection in the form of a blunt tooth.

Probolomyrmex salomonis is most similar to P. simplex from Papua New Guinea. It differs in having the anteroventral tooth of the subpetiolar process broadly rounded rather than narrow and tooth-like, the lateral flanges on the posterior face of the propodeum more weakly developed and in having the foveae on the mesosoma and gaster more strongly developed.

Comments. This species is restricted to the Solomon Islands where it is known from a handful of collections made in forested situations. For a morphological description and further details see Taylor (1965).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Probolomyrmex salomonis (Huni River, San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, CASENT0172413): A. Front of head; B. Side of body; C. Top of body.