The Ants of Africa
Genus Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) fallax (Mayr)

Subgenus Zealleyella

Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) fallax (Mayr)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Plagiolepis fallax, Mayr, 1865: 54, worker; Forel, 1910f: 24, queen; in Plagiolepis (Zealleyella), Arnold, 1922: 589; in Anoplolepis Emery, 1925b: 17); (in subgenus Zealleyella, Bolton, 1995) .

Mayer's (1865) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1922) translation is at {original description}. Seemingly no more than a slightly smaller and pale yellow variety of custodiens, not commented upon by Prins (1982).
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