The Ants of Africa
Genus Hypoponera
Hypoponera mesoepinotalis (Weber)

Hypoponera mesoepinotalis (Weber)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Sudan (Ponera mesoepinotalis, sp. nov., Weber, 1942a: 44, illustrated, worker) from Mount Imatong, collected by the author; worker only described (new combination in Hypoponera, in Bolton, 1995) .

Bolton & Fisher (2011: 87) place it as a junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima.

{Hypoponera mesoepinotalis}Weber's (1942a) description is at {original description}.

WORKER (after Bernard, 1952) - TL 3.0 mm; colour brown; antennal scape not surpassing the occiput; eyes very close to the mandibles; mandibles probably with less than 8 teeth. Propodeum angle more obtuse than Hypoponera breviceps, declivity longer than dorsum.

In Bernard's (1952) key to species from West Africa, but no details given other than the note "Monts Imatong (Soudan)".
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