Axinidris palligastrion

Identification
Snelling (2007) - Scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines equal to PPW; pronotum smooth and shiny; mesonotum without rugae; gaster yellowish red, not concolorous with mesosoma.

Similar to Axinidris nigripes. The gaster is distinctly lighter in color than the head and mesosoma, but is not distinctly bicolored as in the otherwise similar Axinidris mlalu, a species that lacks erect pronotal hairs (present in A. palligastrion).

Shattuck (1991) - A. palligastrion is very similar to Axinidris nigripes, but can be separated based on its smaller size, shallower clypeal notch, and differing colour pattern (head and thorax dark, gaster light).

Key to Axinidris species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ghana.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  palligastrion. Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991: 118, figs. 29-31, 35 (w.) GHANA. See also: Snelling, R.R. 2007: 571.