Froggattella latispina

Essentially nothing is known concerning the biology of this rare species. It is known from only a limited number of collections in arid southern Australia.

Identification
Sculpturing on the upper surface of the head smooth or very weakly leather-like posteriorly (above the level of the eyes) and very finely striate anteriorly (especially between the frontal carinae) so that there is a noticeable difference in the development of the sculpturing between the anterior and posterior regions; rugae on mesopleuron are weakly developed and are interrupted by the underlying punctations so that individual rugae are not straight; posterior region of the propodeal spines in dorsal view with their outer surfaces flat or convex.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  latispina. Froggattella latispina Wheeler, W.M. 1936a: 10 (w.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Shattuck, 1996b: 47.

Description
Measurements

Worker (n = 5) - CI 0.86-0.92; EL 0.15-0.16; EW 0.08-0.11; HL 0.65-0.73; HTL 0.40-0.46; HW 0.56-0.67; ML 0.26-0.29; PnL 0.36-0.46; PpL 0.25-0.32; SI 0.67-0.77; SL 0.41-0.47.

CI: cephalic index: HW/HL. EL: maximum eye length measured in full face view. EW: maximum eye width measured in full face view. HL: maximum head length in full face view, measured from the anterior-most point of the clypeal margin to the midpoint of a line drawn across the posterior margin of the head. HTL: maximum length of hind tibia, excluding the proximal part of the articulation which is received into the distal end of the hind femur. HW: maximum head width in full face view, excluding eyes. ML: mesonotal length measured from the pronotal-mesonotal suture to the metanotal groove parallel to the measuring axis. PnL: pronotal length measured from the anterior edge of the pronotal collar to the pronotal-mesonotal suture parallel to the measuring axis. PpL: propodeal length measured from the metanotal groove to the posterior-most point of the petiolar insertion parallel to the measuring axis. SI: scape index: SL/HW. SL: length of the scape (first antennal segment) excluding the basal radicle.