Nesomyrmex stramineus (Mbanyana, N. & Robertson, H. G. 2008)

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Nesomyrmex

Name

Nesomyrmex stramineus Mbanyana, N., 2008 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Nesomyrmex stramineus Mbanyana, N., 2008, African Natural History 4: 39-39.

Description

Fig. 1g -i

Description

Description of worker HL 0.612-0.618, HW 0.502-0.525, HW1 0.528-0.541, CI 81-86, SL 0.354-0.364, SI 67-73, PW 0.364-0.393, ML 0.685-0.718, EL 0.128-0.138, EI 24-27. Description of workers matches the description of this species by Bolton (1982).

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Similar to the larger N. denticulatus^HNS - see under diagnosis for this latter species.

Biology and Ecology

Biology Nests in dead wood on trees. Specimens have been collected from savanna woodland and Afromontane forest.

Materials Examined

Material examined South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: St. Lucia, [28°23'S 32°24'E], 19 February 1946, J.C.F. [= J.C. Faure], SAM- ENT-0011829; False Bay Park, Dungandlovu camp, Savannah woodland, 28°2'S 32°22'E, 14 February 1999, Ref # 13903 ex dead thorn of Acacia nilotica^HNS, P.S. Ward, SAM-HYM-C 016512; Pongola, [27°23'S 31°37'E], 11 July 1967, DrKarney,SAM-HYM-C015106.Swaziland:Malolotja Nature Reserve, Majolomba Gorge, 26°7'S 31°6'E, 18 February 1999, Afromontane forest, Ref. # 13931 - ex dead twig, P.S. Ward, SAM-HYM-C016531.

Description

SIMONI-GROUP

Taxon Treatment

• Mbanyana, N.; Robertson, H. G.; 2008: Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in southern Africa., African Natural History 4: 39-39. doi

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