Ocymyrmex phraxus

Identification
Bolton and Marsh (1989) - In the original description the petiole node shape of phraxus was given as “a small node which is not sharply differentiated from the peduncle; the dorsum of the peduncle runs into the anterior face of the node without a marked change in slope.” This character is now known to be variable. The more recently acquired material shows some workers with the node almost as noted above, some with the anterior slope of the node obviously differentiated from the peduncle, and some of an intermediate shape.



Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 *  phraxus. Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981b: 274, fig. 27 (w.) TANZANIA. See also: Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1301.