Axinidris occidentalis

Identification
Snelling (2007) - Scape and pronotum without erect hairs; pronotum weakly shiny, sharply sculptured and densely pubescent; medial carina present; T3-T4 each with several erect hairs.

In A. occidentalis the pronotum lacks erect hairs, but they are present on gastral terga 3 and 4, and the distance across the propodeal spines is subequal to the propodeal width, a combination of features unique to this western species.

Shattuck (1991) - A. occidentalis can be separated from other species by the combination of no erect hairs on the pronotum, the propodeal spine width subequal to the propodeal width, and the presence of erect hairs on the gaster.

Key to Axinidris species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Liberia.

Nomenclature

 *  occidentalis. Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck, 1991: 118, figs. 26-28, 35 (w.) LIBERIA. See also: Snelling, R.R. 2007: 569.