Dicroaspis laevidens

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
D. laevidens is one of a pair of species in the genus Dicroaspis.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  laevidens. Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) cryptocerus var. laevidens Santschi, 1919h: 88 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Combination in Dicroaspis: Bolton, 1981a: 59. Raised to species: Bolton, 1981a: 59.

Worker
Bolton (1981) - TL 2.5-2.6, HL 0.72, HW 0.62-0.64, CI 86-88, SL 0.44-0.46, SI 72-73, PW 0.46-0.48, AL 0.74 (2 measured).

Gross characters as given under the generic diagnosis (see Dicroaspis) and answering to the description of Dicroaspis cryptocera, but with the differences noted in the key (see identification above).

Apart from this laevidens is a somewhat smaller (compare measurements), more heavily sculptured version of cryptocera. Sculptural differences are in intensity rather than form; on the promesonotum the low rugae tend to enclose numerous reticular spaces or foveolate spaces, and on the first gastral tergite the piligerous punctures form broad but shallow conspicuous pits. Eye-size is about the same as in cryptocera, with maximum diameter 0.06 (0.09-0.10 x HW), with 3 ommatidia in the longest row.

Type Material
Bolton (1981) - Syntype workers, ZAIRE: Yambuya, 26.xi.1913, no. 83 (Bequaert) (, Tervuren; NM, Basle) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004