The Ants of Africa
Genus Cyphoidris
Cyphoidris exalta Bolton

Cyphoidris exalta Bolton

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Bolton, 1981b: 258, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel, worker), collected at Korup Reserve, holotype and one other worker found in a rotten log, by D.A. Jackson, 14.ii.1980 .

{Cyphoidris exalta}Bolton's description is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 4.3 mm; basal half of first gastral tergite unsculptured except for hair pits. Dorsal alitrunk with inconspicuous short decumbent hairs. Colour dark reddish brown to black.

{Cyphoidris exalta}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0010800
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0010800; Locality Zaïre (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Kikwit; Collection codes: ANTC2876; Date: 23 Jun 1984; Collected by: A.Dejean

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