The Ants of Africa
Genus Pyramica
Pyramica (Smithistruma) marginata (Santschi)
{Pyramica (Smithistruma) marginata}

Pyramica (Smithistruma) marginata (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kenya (Epitritus marginatus, 1911; Santschi, 1914b: 114, illustrated, worker & queen; as Miccostruma marginata in Brown (1948e: 123, see Bolton, 1995); worker and queen described .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at {original description}. Bolton's description (1983) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 1.2-1.3 mm; 4-segmented antennae; distinctive clypeal shape, with anterior border concave; postpetiole smooth and shining; colour uniform dull yellow to yellowish-brown (Bolton, 1983: 312, not illustrated).

From West Africa, Bolton (1983) listed only findings from Ivory Coast, at Adiopodoumé and Man (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret); others were from Kenya and Zimbabwe.

A single worker was found in Ghana, at Mankrang Forest Reserve, in leaf litter under primary forest by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

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