Metapone emersoni

Identification
Lateral margins of raised median portion of clypeus markedly convergent anteriorly from the level of the antennal insertions (Fig 6). Petiolar dorsum from above approximately twice as wide as long (Fig 6). Postpetiolar sternite in profile view appearing as a long, slender process (Fig 5) (Madagascar).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  emersoni. Metapone emersoni Gregg, 1958: 115, fig. 2 (w.) MADAGASCAR. See also: Alpert, 2007: 10.