The Ants of Africa
Genus Nesomyrmex
Nesomyrmex denticulatus (Mayr)
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Nesomyrmex denticulatus (Mayr)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Leptothorax denticulatus, Mayr, 1901b: 5, worker & queen); worker and queen described (Bolton, 1982: 328, illustrated; 1995); genus name change by Bolton (2003: 249) .

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WORKER - TL 3.1-3.5 mm
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