The Ants of Africa
Genus Rhoptromyrmex
Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr
{Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis}

Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1901b: 22, worker; Arnold, 1917: 356, queen; Bolton, 1986a: 16, male); junior synonyms pretoriae (Arnold, 1926: 282, all forms) from South Africa and steini (Forel, 1913a: 122, worker) from South Africa; synonymy by Brown (1964c: 16) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1913a) description of steini is at {original description}. Arnold (1917: 355) gave a translation, this is at {original description}. Arnold's (1917: 356) illustrated description of the queen is at {original description}. Arnold (1917: 357) gave a translation of steini, this is at {original description}. Arnold's (1926) description of pretoriae is at {original description}. Bolton's description (1986a) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 3.0 mm.

{Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis} The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0172462.

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