The Ants of Africa
Genus Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) nuptialis (Santschi)

Subgenus Zealleyella

Anoplolepis (Zealleyella) nuptialis (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) nuptialis, Santschi, 1917b: 289, male; Prins, 1982: 222, queen; in Anoplolepis Emery, 1925b: 18; in Zealleyella, Santschi, 1926a: 14); male and queen only described; in subgenus Zealleyella (Bolton, 1995) .

Known only from alate sexual forms and lives as an inquiline in the nests of Anoploplepis custodiens (Prins, 1982).

Santschi's (1917b) description of the male is at {original description}.

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