Discothyrea patrizii Weber
Type location Kenya (Weber, 1949b: 2, illustrated antenna of
queen, worker & queen); worker and queen only described (see
Bolton, 1995; notes original spelling amended by Brown, 1958g: 253)
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Weber's (1949b) description is at
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Distinguished by 8-segmented antennae of queen and small size - Worker
TL 1.6 mm.
The photomontage is collated from
http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-000061a
Collection Information: Specimen Code SAM-HYM-C000061A; Locality
South Africa: Cape Province: Mountain Zebra National Park; 32°14'00"S
025°28'00"E 1200 m; Collection codes: SAM-HYM-C000061 Date:
27 Oct 1985; Collected by: H.G.Robertson; Method: Berlese funnel
litter sample; Habitat: riverine
Although this is labelled Discothyrea hewitti that species is described
only from the queen which has 9-segmented antennae. This
species clearly has 8-segmented antennae and almost exactly matches
the Weber description. |