The Ants of Africa
Genus Pachycondyla
Pachycondyla (Trachymesopus) fossigera (Mayr)
{Pachycondyla fossigera}

Pachycondyla (Trachymesopus) fossigera (Mayr)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Euponera fossigera nov. spec, Mayr, 1901b: 3, worker); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1915: 71) gave a translation, as Euponera (Mesoponera) fossigera; this is at {original description}.


{Pachycondyla fossigera} The photomontage is of a specimen from South Africa, Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; 350 m; S 33°59.39' E 20°48.32'; Peter Hlavác; 25-26.i.2004. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}.


{Pachycondyla fossigera} The photomontage is of a specimen collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c002649b&shot=p1&project=worldants.

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