Axinidris bidens Shattuck
 or  Type location Ghana
(Shattuck, 1991: 111, illustrated, worker), holotype and two paratypes
from CRIG, collector C.A.M. Campbell - see below  .
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 WORKER
- HL 0.61-0.68, HW 0.53-0.58, SL 0.46-0.48, PW
0.24-0.25
Small species; area between propodeal spines smooth, no medial carina;
pronotum with 2 elongate erect hairs; propodeal spines reduced to
lateral angles, each spine with a single distinct erect hair; head,
alitrunk and gaster reddish-brown, tarsi light yellow (Shattuck, 1991:
111, illustrated alitrunk and propodeum views, worker).
Gaume, Matile-Ferrero & McKey (2000) mention this as
being observed, in Cameroun, "on rare occasions" tending a coccoid, Paraputo
anomala, in domatia of the myrmecophilous forest sub-storey tree Leonardoxa
africana letouzeyi (more commonly inhabited by Aphomomyrmex
afer, see also McKey studies).
They added that this ant is usually associated with a Planococcus
species but gave no other details.
Snelling (2007: 557) reports specimens from Cameroun
(those above); Central African Republic, the Fisher specimens shown
below; and, from in Kenya, Kakamega Forest, 00.24°N 034.05°E,
1550-1600 m.
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 The
photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902930.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 33
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05.iv.2001
BP
3°07.35' N
10°00.67' E
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from caulinary
domatia of Leonardoxa africana
africana |
2
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 38 |
05.iv.2001
BOU
3°13.31' N
10°15.01' E
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from caulinary
domatia of Leonardoxa africana
africana |
2
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det.
Queen & workers
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Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 111 |
25.iii.2001
BP
3°07.35' N
10°00.67' E
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from caulinary
domatia of Leonardoxa africana
africana |
2
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 114 |
25.iii.2001
LA
3°14.45' N
10°13.33' E
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from caulinary
domatia of Leonardoxa africana
africana |
2
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det. |
Uganda
G D Hale Carpenter
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16.xii.1918
Bulago I
Lake Victoria
0°1'30"N
32°39'58"E
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From OUMNH collection
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1
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det.
male
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
LS |
15.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°27'11.6"N
16°04'58.7"E
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343 m; jour, à vue
derrière le village, Molongo, strate arbustive (Casside land)
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4
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det.
male
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
Camp NB
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22.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
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392 m; nuit : 17h45
- 2h, UV, Azobé, canopée, proche camp de base lac 1, vent fort
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1
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Axinidris bidens
B Taylor det. |
Rep. of Congo
D De Bakker & JP Michiels
ex Y Brae
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18.ix.2007
Mayombe
05°37'16" S
13°05'54" E
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266 m asl
Canopy fogging
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1
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 The
photomontage is of specimens collected in Cameroun -
south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo
(McKey Wolbachia project, Cameroon 114)
The morphology of all the specimens from the four
Cameroun location matches that of the Ghanaian bidens including
the
distinct erect hair on each of the reduced propodeal spines. The
colouration, as shown in the illustration, differs in being all over
dark brown with lighter areas being only the antennal scapes (which
darken from a light base to the apex) and the tarsi. The lateral area
of the head seems smoother, although the rest of the head, pronotum and
gaster has the fine imbrication noted by Shattuck; the mesonotum and
propodeum, however, are more coarsely spiculated. The clypeus has a
u-shaped medial notch.
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 Queen
Also from Cameroon 114
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 Male
Also from Central African Republic, collector P Annoyer.
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 Worker
From Uganda,
collector G Hale Carpenter
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 The
photomontage is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0403871
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
Information: Collection codes: BLF4087. Date: 10-17 May 2001. Collected
by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC30 beating low vegetation. Habitat:
rainforest. Transect Type: Beat 25 sample transect, 10m. Transect
Sample No.: 4.
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