Prionopelta descarpentriesi Santschi

Included for comparative purposes.

Type location - Madagascar (Santschi, 1924b: 195, not illustrated, worker); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995).

Santschi's (1924b) description is at .

The photomontage is collated from -http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003730&shot=p&project=madants. The type speciemn can be seen at http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&genus=prionopelta&name=descarpentriesi&project=madants
Collection details - Madagascar: Fianarantsoa; 45km S. Ambalavao; 22°13'00"S 047°01'00"E 785m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF0696. Date: 25 Sep 1993. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m. Transect Sample No.: 31.

The similarity between this and aethiopica, originally described by Arnold as a subspecies of descarpentriesi, is obvious but this has reduced sculpturation on the thorax, petiole and gaster; and a quite sharp transition from the dorsum to the declivity on the propodeum.