The Ants of Africa
Genus Oligomyrmex
Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) latro Santschi
{Oligomyrmex latro}

Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) latro Santschi

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Santschi, 1937g: 81, illustrated, soldier & worker); soldier and worker described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1937g) description is at {original description}. Weber's (1950a) translation is at {original description}.


Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) species D

Minor only in CRIN collection, not drawn, TL 1.03 mm.

Colour dark yellow-brown. Unsculptured except for the lower mesonotum which is punctate. Eye small but not minute. Antennae 9-segmented. Metanotal groove shallowly impressed. Propodeal spine more acute than species B. Small subpetiolar tooth.

Collected in Nigeria from an earth termitarium at CRIN (B. Bolton).

Possibly O. latro?

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