Centromyrmex brachycola (Roger)
Type location Brazil (Ponera brachycola, Roger,
1861a: 5, queen; Emery, 1906c: 114, worker [unavailable on HNS];
see Kempf, 1967b: 405); junior synonyms bohemanni (Mayr,
1866b: 895, illustrated funiculus only, description is as for
Genus description , worker; synonymy Kempf, 1967b: 405) from
Brazil, and paulina (Forel, 1911c: 287, worker; synonymy
Kempf, 1967b: 405) from Brazil.
Roger's (1861a) description is at
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Mayr's (1866b) description of bohemanni is at
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Description (after Kempf, 1967b) -
WORKER - TL ca 6 mm; HW = HL (almost); mandibles with right angle
between basal border and masticating border; clypeus without a
median tumulus, anterior border weakly convex; scapes not reaching
occiput; alitrunk smooth & shiny, only striation at extreme
metasternal angle; dorsum of alitrunk slightly impressed at
metanotal junction and strongly compressed at metanotum, propodeum
slightly lower than mesonotum; dorsum of propodeum narrowed
anteriorly to almost a point, obtuse angle with oblique declivity;
petiole much longer than broad, subpetiolar process low and
dentate; first segment of gaster without a marginate tuberosity
below helcium; hind tibiae without heavy spine-like setae.
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