The Ants of Africa
Genus Mesoponera
Mesoponera flavopilosa (Weber)

Mesoponera flavopilosa (Weber)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Sudan (Euponera (Mesoponera) flavopilosa, Weber, 1942a: 43, illustrated, queen; in Pachycondyla Bolton, 1995: 305; new placement by Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 110, who still have type location as Sudan) Lotti Forest, Mt Imatong, 5.viii.1939, N A Weber
queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

My earlier comment was - "Quite clearly meeting the characters of Xiphopelta, with elongated mandibles, and not a Mesoponera".

{Pachycondyla flavopilosa}Weber's (1942a) description is at {original description}. The photomontage of the holotype is from the MCZ website.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Mesoponera flavopilosa
B Taylor det.
Queen
 Uganda
C A Wiggins

 23.vii.1912
Entebbe
0°02'40"N
32°27'57"E
 ca 3800' asl
at "Boy", ca. 2 m NE of,  E slope of Kitabi Hill
Forest

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{Pachycondyla flavopilosa queen}The photomontage is of a queen from Uganda, collector C A Wiggins; appearing to match the Weber specimen in all characters.
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