Loboponera obeliscata

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Bolton & Brown (2002) - A member of the obeliscata species group. Closest related to Loboponera politula but easily distinguished by the unique shape of the petiole node.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast.

Nomenclature

 *  obeliscata. Loboponera obeliscata Bolton & Brown, 2002: 5, figs. 3, 4 (w.) GHANA.

Worker
Holotype. TL 5.6, HL 1.13, HW 1.00, CI 88, SL 0.97, SI 97, AL 1.64. Paratype. TL 5.7, HL 1.14, HW 1.00, CI 88, SL 1.00, SI 100, AL 1.72. Characters of obeliscata group and the following. Eye minute and difficult to see, scarcely larger than one of the adjacent foveolate punctures; maximum diameter 0.04. Scape when laid back in full-face view reaches occipital margin. Small lobe at anterolateral angle of clypeus distinctly prominent. Propodeal lamella broad at sides, narrowing near dorsal angle and thinly continued onto dorsum but narrowed medially or with a mid-dorsal gap. Propodeal declivity finely transversely striate. Petiole in profile with anterior and posterior margins more or less parallel and with the dorsal surface extended medially into a high subpyramidal blunt point; in posterior view the sides slope steeply upward to a pointed apex. First gastral tergite in profile with its anterior face distinctly inclined posteriorly from top to bottom, in dorsal view overhanging the helcium.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Ghana: Tafo, 9.ix.1966, ant ecology sample 251 (D. Leston). Paratype. 1 worker with same data as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B., and W. L. Brown Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71: 1-18.
 * Yeo K., S. Konate, S. Tiho, and S. K. Camara. 2011. Impacts of land use types on ant communities in a tropical forest margin (Oumé - Cote d'Ivoire). African Journal of Agricultural Research 6(2): 260-274.