The Ants of Africa
Genus Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) nuptialis (Santschi)

Subgenus Zealleyella

Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) nuptialis (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) nuptialis n. sp., Santschi, 1917b: 289, male; Prins, 1982: 222, queen; in Anoplolepis Emery, 1925b: 18; in Zealleyella, Santschi, 1926a: 14) Cap Province, Willowmore, coll. H Brauns - see male and queen below.
Male and queen only described; in subgenus Zealleyella (Bolton, 1995) .

Known only from alate sexual forms and lives as an inquiline in the nests of Anoploplepis custodiens (Prins, 1982).


Anoplolepis nuptialis maleSantschi's (1917b) description of the male is at {original description}. See also Prins (1982)


{noplolepis nuptialis queen}The photomontage of a queen from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0906281.


{noplolepis nuptialis male}The photomontage of a male from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912361.

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