The Ants of Africa
Genus Pachycondyla
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) kenyensis (Santschi)
{Pachycondyla kenyensis}

Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) kenyensis (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kenya (Bothroponera kenyensis, Santschi, 1937a: 47, illustrated, worker); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1937a) description is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 5.6 mm; close to silvestrii but mandibles with irregular dentition and generally more finely sculptured and with finer, shorter pubescence.


{Pachycondyla kenyensis}The photomontage is of a specimen from the Usambara Mts, Tanzania, Amani NR, Zigi Lodge, S 5°05' E 38°38'; 2200 m; collector V. Grebennikov; 9-11.x.2002. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

A specimen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, can be seen at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c008626a&shot=p1&project=.

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