The Ants of Africa
Genus Acropyga
Acropyga arnoldi Santschi

Acropyga arnoldi Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Acropiga (Malacomyrma) arnoldi n. sp., Santschi, 1926b: 245, not illustrated, worker & queen) collected at Durban, by C.P. Merre and sent to G Arnold - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912352
junior synonym rhodesiana (Acropiga (Malacomyrma) rhodesiana n. sp., Santschi, 1928f: 211, worker: synonymy by Prins, 1982: 238) from Zimbabwe, Rifle Kopje, 9.xi.1924, G Arnold
all forms described (male by Prins, 1982: 245; see Bolton, 1995) see below.
Prins (1982) made a comprehensive study of the species, with details on all the forms, ecology and habits .


{Acropyga arnoldi}Santschi's (1926b) description is on {original description} and his (1928f) description of rhodesiana is at {original description}. Prins (1982) gave a fuller description; this is at {original description}.


{Acropyga arnoldi}The photomontage of a syntype worker of rhodesiana is collated from  http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903180

Acropyga arnoldi queen
Acropyga arnoldi male

{Acropyga sp undet from Central African Republic} The photomontage is collated from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0408403
(for the montage, I have enhanced the contrast. The original image is paler in colour).
Collection details - Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré; Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga; 03°00'18"N 016°11'36"E; 420m. Collection codes: BLF4100. Date: 10-17 May 2001. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample No. 49. This seems a reasonable match for A. arnoldi, perhaps specially the description of rhodesiana.

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