The Ants of
Africa SUBFAMILY PONERINAE - Genus Psalidomyrmex |
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Contents - Ponerinae - PONERINAE Introduction |
Genus Psalidomyrmex André (1890: 314)In Tribe PONERINI. Plectroctena group Diagnostic Features - Medium to large ants. Basic sculpture of large shallow foveolae or pits, from each of which a single seta arises, interspaces between the foveolae usually finely striate. Mandibles edentate to weakly toothed, varying in shape from subtriangular to falcate, always with the apex prolonged into a long, acute point. Basal mandibular groove distinct. Promesonotal suture distinct and mobile. Middle and hind tibiae with a single pectinate spur, claws simple. André's (1890) genus description is at . Genus revised by Bolton (1975b), the genus members were described as rare and restricted to the forest zones (Bolton, 1973a). Bernard (1952), whose findings included foveolatus from savanna, also described a queen of what he took to be a new species - "clavicornis" - but this was reassigned to the status of junior synonym of Pachycondyla talpa (by W.L. Brown, unpublished?, in Bolton, 1975b). Bolton & Brown (2002) have added a few extra findings. Antennal variation as illustrated by Bernard (1952). |
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Key to African species (adapted from Bolton, 1975b):
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PONERINAE Introduction |
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