The Ants of Africa
Genus Cerapachys
Cerapachys niger (Santschi)

Cerapachys niger (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kenya (Lioponera nigra, n. sp., Santschi, 1914b: 46, male; combination in Cerapachys, Brown, 1975: 23) Molo, Mau escarpment, alt 2420 m, xii.1911, at a nocturnal light; male only described - no images on Antweb (October 2014) .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at - {original description}.

Donisthorpe (1939a: 255) gave the type location as "British East Africa [Kenya], Molo in the Mau Escarpment, Dec. 1911. Altitude 2420 metres". He noted - male, TL 3.5 mm.
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