Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi)

Type location Zaïre (Technomyrmex hypoclinoides n. sp., Santschi, 1919h: 89, worker; transferred to Axinidris by Snelling, 2007: 560) collected at Avakubi, by J. Bequaert - see below
junior synonym parvus (Axinidris parvus, Shattuck, 1991: 188, worker; synonymy by Snelling, 2007: 560) from Liberia (see bottom of this page) - no images on Antweb (February 2015).
Worker only known (Wheeler, 1922 and Bolton, 1995) .

The queen from Congo shown at the bottom of this page is a first record, but is assumed from the clear match in colour and propodeum form.

Santschi's (1919h) description is at . Snelling's (2007) re-description, with SEM images, is at .

Noted by Bequaert (1922, p 490) as one of the ants he collected, with larvae and pupae, from domatia of a Cuviera species (not necessarily Cuviera angolensis).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911586.

Axinidris parvus Shattuck

Type location Liberia (Shattuck, 1991: 118, not illustrated, holotype worker) . No images are available of the type on Antweb (as at June  2014).

WORKER - HL 0.53-0.61, HW 0.45-0.52, SL 0.38-0.42, PW 0.21-0.24
Small species; area between propodeal spines smooth, no medial carina; pronotum with 2 elongate, erect hairs; each propodeal spine with a single distinct erect hair; head and alitrunk reddish-yellow, gaster darker yellowish-red; appendages yellow (Shattuck, 1991).

From Paiata (or Payeta), also from Du River (both by J. Bequaert) and on plants. Shattuck (1991) gave no details but Bequaert was in Zaïre in 1910-1915. Either Bequaert visited Liberia whilst in transit to or from the Congo Basin or the parvus type location is wrong.

The photomontage of a worker from Gabon is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003131
Snelling (2007) refers to this and in Kenya, Kakamega Forest, 00.27°N 034.88°E, i.2003, collectors W Freund & C Schmidt, by fogging Tectea nobilis; a total of 20 paratype workers.

From a set of workers determined as parvus by R R Snelling, 2004

Oxford University Museum specimens

Axinidris hypoclinoides B Taylor det. Queen

Rep. of Congo E Vingerhoedt ex Y Braet

xii.2009 Abio 03°07' S 15°31' E

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The photomontage of is a queen from Congo; collector E Vingerhoedt.