Metapone tecklini

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  tecklini. Metapone tecklini Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 543, figs. 160-164 (q.) AUSTRALIA.

Description
Gyne diagnosis. General features as illustrated and in the key to Australian Metapone species above. Somewhat similar to M. tricolor, with the following salient differences: (1) Head relatively short (CI 75–77 vs 66–68); (2) Mesosoma more robust (MSL 1.74–2.00, ScW 0.75–0.80 vs 2.16–2.33 and 0.74–0.79); (3) Petiole in dorsal view approximately as long as wide vs petiole clearly over 1.5x as long as wide; (4) subpetiolar extension a low triangle, smaller than the larger structure in M. tricolor; (5) less intense sculpturation, as illustrated.

Etymology. Named with pleasure for Jerry E, Tecklin of the University of California, Davis and Nevada City California.