Pyramica (Smithistruma) truncatidens (Brown)

Type location Tanzania (Smithistruma (Smithistruma) truncatidens new species, Brown, 1950b: 43, illustrated, worker; Bolton, 1983: 296, illustrated) - no type images on Antweb (February 2015)
junior synonym dendexa (Smithistruma dendexa, sp. n., Bolton, 1983: 290, worker, not illustrated; synonymy Bolton, 2000: 308) - see below .

Brown's (1950b) description is at .

Bolton's modern description (1983) is at . Bolton's revision (2000: 308) is at

WORKER (Bolton, 1983) - TL 2.4-3.0 mm. HL 0.62-0.72, HW 0.46-0.54, SL 0.28-0.34, PW 0.30-0.35.

Bolton (2000) has TL 2.1-3.0 mm, HL 0.58-0.72, HW 0.41-0.54, SL 0.26-0.34, PW 0.26-0.35.

The photomontage of a worker from Tanzania is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0235691.

TL ca 2.2 mm, HL 0.47 HW 0.37 SL 0.23 PW 0.22 (some 15% smaller than the dendexa shown below and, hence, well below the size range given for truncatidens by Bolotn (1983).  The morphology, however, matches the Bolton (1983) drawing.

Pyramica (Smithistruma) dendexa (Bolton)

Type location Cameroun (Smithistruma dendexa sp. n., Bolton, 1983: 290, not illustrated, worker), collected near Yaoundé by G. Terron; holotype and 1 paratype worker only .

Bolton's description (1983) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.1 mm, HL 0.58-0.60, HW 0.41-0.42, SL 0.26-0.27, PW 0.26-0.28; colour dull yellow to yellowish-brown.

The photomontage of a paratype worker of dendexa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900074.