Dicroaspis laevidens (Santschi)
Type location Zaïre (Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis)
cryptocerus var. laevidens Santschi, 1919h: 88, worker;
raised to species by Bolton, 1981a: 59, illustrated) collected at
Yambuya by Bequaert, 26.xi.1913; worker only known.(see Bolton, 1981a
and 1995) .
Santschi's (1919h) very brief description is at
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Bolton's modern description (1981) is at
WORKER - TL 2.5-2.61, HL 0.72, HW 0.62-0.64, SL 0.44-0.46, PW
0.46-0.48.
Generally similar to cryptocera but smaller and more heavily
sculptured; form of sculpturation similar however and Bolton (1981a)
suggested that there might actually be only one species involved.
Other specimens seen by Bolton were from Gabon, Plateau
d'Ipassa; and Zaïre, Yangambi. |