Hypoponera traegaordhi (Santschi)

Type location South Africa (Ponera traegaordhi n. sp., Santschi, 1914e: 6, worker); worker only described (new combination in Hypoponera, in Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914e) description is at . Arnold (1926) gave a translation, this is at .

WORKER - TL 2.1 mm (larger?); HL 1.25 X HW; eye position simply marked but no facets; shiny; yellow, head and gaster rust.

Bolton & Fisher's re-description, not illustrated, can be found in http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2843.html

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915210.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Hypoponera traegaordhi B Taylor det.

South Africa Peter Hlavác

1.ii.2004 Goukamma 34°03.5' S 22°23.14' E

Western Cape, Knysna env., Goukamma, 350 m worker & dealate queen

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The photomontage is of a worker collected from South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Env. Goukamma; collector Peter Hlavác.

The photomontage is of an alate queen from South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Env., Goukamma; collector Peter Hlavác.

No queen has ever been described, so my diagnosis is speculative.  Unlike most other Hypoponera queens, apparently (Bolton & Fisher, 2011), this has no short hairs between the ommatidia.  It also has a distinctive darker colour to the mesonotum.