The Ants of Africa
Genus Discothyrea
Discothyrea patrizii Weber

Discothyrea patrizii Weber

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kenya (Weber, 1949b: 2, illustrated antenna of queen, worker & queen) - no images on Antweb (April 2015)

Worker and queen only described (see Bolton, 1995; notes original spelling amended by Brown, 1958g: 253) .

Weber's (1949b) description is at {original description}. Distinguished by 8-segmented antennae of queen and small size - Worker TL 1.6 mm.

{Discothyrea patrizii?}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-000061a
Collection Information: Specimen Code SAM-HYM-C000061A; Locality South Africa: Cape Province: Mountain Zebra National Park; 32°14'00"S 025°28'00"E 1200 m; Collection codes: SAM-HYM-C000061 Date: 27 Oct 1985; Collected by: H.G.Robertson; Method: Berlese funnel litter sample; Habitat: riverine
Although this is labelled Discothyrea hewitti that species is described only from the queen which has 9-segmented antennae. This species clearly has 8-segmented antennae and almost exactly matches the Weber description.
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