The Ants of Africa
Genus Pyramica
Pyramica (Smithistruma) transversa (Santschi)

Pyramica (Smithistruma) transversa (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Strumigenys (Trichoscapa) transversa n. sp., Santschi, 1913b: 258, in key, worker; Santschi, 1914e: 31, worker; Bolton, 1983: 297, not illustrated) Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 21.iii.1905 - no type images on Antweb (February 2015) .


{Pyramica transversa}Santschi's (1914e) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1917: 380) gave a translation, this is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1983), as Smithistruma transversa, is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 2.2-2.4 mm.


Pyramica transversaThe photomontage of a worker from South Africa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=0280699. Listed by Bolton (2000: 334).

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