Technomyrmex schoutedeni group

The following is based on Bolton, 2007.

Species

• Technomyrmex pilipes
• Technomyrmex schoutedeni
• Technomyrmex zimmeri

Notes

Three very poorly known species, all Afrotropical.

Description

Palp formula 6,4. Anterior clypeal margin transverse or very nearly so at most very broadly and extremely shallowly concave across its width, without a median impression or notch. Dorsum of head behind clypeus with setae present; setae absent from pronotum, mesonotum and propodeal dorsum but present on propodeal declivity. Setae present on gastral tergites 1 - 4. Mesonotum in profile has a short but very steep declivitous face and the propodeum has a short, almost vertical anterior face immediately behind the metanotal groove. The tuberculate metathoracic spiracles are therefore at the base of the deep impression formed by these two faces.

Related Pages

• Technomyrmex
• Technomyrmex species groups

References

• Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.