The Ants of Africa
Genus Calyptomyrmex
Calyptomyrmex clavisetus (Santschi)

Calyptomyrmex clavisetus (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location South Africa (Dicroaspis claviseta n. sp., Santschi 1914e: 27, worker) Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 21.iii.1905, by I. Trägårdh.
Worker and queen only known (Bolton, 1981a, illustrated, dorsum of pedicel and gaster base; note Bolton used clavisetus in his 1981a paper but reverted to claviseta in his 1995 catalogue) .

{Calyptomyrmex clavisetus}Santschi's (1914e) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1917: 362) gave a translation (as Dicroaspis claviseta), this is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1987) is at {original description}

{Calyptomyrmex clavisetus} The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913952

{Calyptomyrmex clavisetus} The photomontage of a worker from Tanzania is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0235372,
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