The Ants of Africa
Genus Pyramica
Pyramica (Smithistruma) piliversa (Bolton)

Pyramica (Smithistruma) piliversa (Bolton)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Bolton, 2000: 339, worker) .

Bolton's description (2000) is at {original description} - unavailable on HNS.

On the visual evidence this seems no different from Pyramica malaplax.

{Pyramica (Smithistruma) piliversa}The photomontage of the holotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005656.

Collection Information; Specimen Code CASENT0005656; Locality Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Epulu; 01°23'00"N 028°35'00"E 750 m; Collection codes: ANTC1035; Date: Nov 1995; Collected by: S.D. Torti; Method: EC19 sifted litter; Habitat: rainforest.
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