The Ants of Africa
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Baracidris
Contents - Myrmicinae - MYRMICINAE Introduction

Genus Baracidris Bolton (1981b: 252)

In Tribe STENAMMINI (?) (Bolton, 1995).

Diagnostic Features - Antennae 12-segmented with a distinct two-segmented club, no scrobes. Eyes minute. Palp formula 2,2. Frontal lobes closely approximated, with the median portion of the clypeus reduced to a very narrow strip and raised centrally in the form of a narrow longitudinal ridge. Mandibles sub-triangular, with 4-6 teeth. Metapleural lobes large and prominent, connected to the propodeal spines by broad conspicuous lamellae.

Recognised as a new genus by Bolton (1981b, illustrated), with two species. Bolton's genus description is at {original description}.

1 {short description of image}Central anterior clypeal margin produced into a narrow truncated lobe, plus the occipital margin in full face view smoothly rounded; head slightly broader and scapes longer Gabon - sitra
-- {short description of image}Central anterior clypeal margin not produced into a narrow truncated lobe; occipital margin in full face view indented or concave medially; head slightll narrower and antennal scapes relatively longer Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria - meketra
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