The Ants of Africa
Genus Pristomyrmex Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold
Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold
Type location Mozambique
(Prostomyrmex cribrarius n.
sp., Arnold, 1926: 281, illustrated, queen; Arnold, 1948: 47,
illustrated,
worker) collected at Amatonga Forest
In Bolton (1981b, illustrated,
alitrunk and pedicel only) the paper by Arnold (1948) is not mentioned .
Arnold's (1926)
description is at . Arnold's (1948)
description of the worker
is at - the diagram is wrongly labelled female
rather than worker, the latter has the teeth on the pronotum and not
the queen. Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at .
Queen as shown by Arnold (1926 Plate VII)
Oxford University Museum
specimens
Pristomyrmex cribrarius
B Taylor det.
Queen
South Africa
Peter Hlavác
6.ii.2004
Dragensberge
29°07.7' S
29°25.3' E
Kwazulu, Natal, Dragensberge
(Injiauti NP), S E ; 1500 m
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The photomontage
is of a queen from Kwazulu, Natal, South
Africa, Dragensberge (Injiauti NP); collector Peter Hlavác.