Microdaceton tanyspinosum

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Bolton (2000) - In the few specimens of tanyspinosum that are known the dorsum of the postpetiole is densely longitudinally costulate and the bases of both the first gastral tergite and sternite are smooth.

This species falls into the same size range as Microdaceton tibialis and has MI and SI in the same range, but its head averages broader (CI 90 - 95, as opposed to CI 86-92 in tibialis).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Gabon.

Nomenclature

 *  tanyspinosum. Microdaceton tanyspinosum Bolton, 2000: 28, figs. 27, 30 (w.) CAMEROUN.

Worker
Holotype TL 3.1, HL 0.82, HW 0.78, CI 95, ML 0.56, MI 68, SL 0.60, SI 77, PW 0.42, AL 0.73. Answering the description of Microdaceton tibialis except as follows. 1 Mesonotum with a pair of erect, bilaterally flattened, long lamina-like prominences that are subrectangular in shape, shallowly curved posteriorly and abruptly truncated apically. 2 Petiole node in profile grossly inflated, enormous when compared to postpetiole. 3 Propodeal spines needle-like, very long, straight and slender. Paratypes TL 3.2-3.3, HL 0.88-0.97, HW 0.80-0.86, CI 90-91, ML 0.59-0.62, MI 65-67, SL 0.65-0.69, SI 80-83, PW 0.42-0.48, AL 0.78-0.84 (2 measured).

Type Material
Holotype worker, Cameroun: Reserve de Campo, 40 m., 2°36'N, 9°56'E, xi.1991 (D.M. Olson). Paratypes. 2 workers, Gabon: Pointe Denis Peninsula, Pointe Wingonbe, 17.xii.1995 (L. Bartolozzi & S.Taiti) (, BMNH).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65