Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck
Type location Liberia (Shattuck, 1991: 118, illustrated
alitrunk and propodeal views, worker); holotype and seven
paratypes collected from Paiata (or Payeta) (by J. Bequaert)

Shattuck (1991) gave no details but Bequaert was in Zaïre
in 1910-1915 and I have not found any reference to his having
visited Liberia. Found on an unidentified ant-plant.
WORKER - HL 0.88-0.95, HW 0.88-0.96, SL 0.57-0.65, PW 0.34-0.41
Without pronotal hairs; body colour yellowish-red with gaster,
clypeus, mandible and antennae lighter, tarsi light yellow
(Shattuck, 1991). |