Nesomyrmex braunsi ( Forel, 1912 )

Mbanyana, N. & Robertson, H. G., 2008, Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in southern Africa., African Natural History 4, pp. 35-55 : 35

publication ID

23052

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230182

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B809D111-A80C-8A89-1661-6E622341ECD9

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scientific name

Nesomyrmex braunsi ( Forel, 1912 )
status

 

Nesomyrmex braunsi ( Forel, 1912)   HNS Fig. 1j -l

Dilobocondyla (Tetramyrma) braunsi Forel, 1912: 767   HNS . For type information and synonyms, see Bolton (1982).

Description of worker

HL 1.225-1.287, HW 1.033-1.109, HW1 1.111-1.152, CI 83-88, SL 0.885-0.942, SI 83-88, PW 0.825-0.865, ML 1.541-1.628, EL 0.285-0.334, EI 27-30 (5 of 29 measured).

Description matches that of Bolton (1982).

Diagnosis

Nesomyrmex braunsi   HNS looks similar to N. simoni   HNS and N. saasveldensis   HNS but iseasily recognized by lacking spines on the propodeum, lacking hairs on the promesonotum (hairs abundant on promesonotum of the latter two species), and by being larger (HW 1.033-1.109 versus 0.783-0.884).

Biology

Specimens have been collected from pitfall, yellow pan,

and malaise traps, and by sweeping vegetation, in Nama-Karoo. Nest is in the soil; the entrance is in the open and can have a circle of soil round it.

Material examined

South Africa: Eastern Cape: Willowmore , [33°18'S 23°29'E], January 1913, Dr H. Brauns, SAM-HYM-C 004720 GoogleMaps ; Western Cape: Elandsfontein farm, 32°18.14'S 22°56.85'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Malaise trap, 24 April 2001, S. van Noort & H.G. Robertson, SAM-HYM-C 019119 GoogleMaps ; Elandsfontein farm , Middelkamp , 32°17'47"S 23°0'6"E, Karoo on dolerite soils, circular nest entrance in open between bushes with scattering of soils round it, 22 February 2000, H.G. Robertson, SAM-HYM-C016133 GoogleMaps ; Kamferskraal farm , 32°16.92'S 23°01.13'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Pitfall, 22-29 April 2001, H.G. Robertson & R. Tourle, SAM-HYM-C019116 GoogleMaps ; Kamferskraal farm , 32°13.92'S 23°01.13'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Yellow pan trap, 22-29 April 2001, S. van Noort & D. Larsen, SAM-HYM-C019117 GoogleMaps ; Kamferskraal farm , 32°13.61'S 22°58.43'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Sweep, 20 April 2001, S. van Noort, SAM-HYM-C019118 GoogleMaps

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Nesomyrmex

Loc

Nesomyrmex braunsi ( Forel, 1912 )

Mbanyana, N. & Robertson, H. G. 2008
2008
Loc

Dilobocondyla (Tetramyrma) braunsi

Forel 1912: 767
1912
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