The Ants of Africa
Genus Cerapachys
Cerapachys natalensis Forel

Cerapachys natalensis Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Cerapachys cribrinodis Emery v. natalensis n. var., Forel, 1901f: 335, worker; also Forel, 1910e: 423; raised to species by Brown, 1975: 23) from Natal, collected by Haviland; worker only described .

Forel's (1901f) description is at - {original description}. Forel's (1910e) description is at - {original description}. Arnold (1915: 13) cited Forel (1910e) and noted only that, in comparision with cribrinodis, which he had not seen - "This is a little larger than the type and has the petiole sparsely punctured".
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