Savannah species from Zaria, the holotype and 4 paratype workers
(D. Simpson, 11.iii.1969) (Bolton, 1980).
Bolton's description (1980) is at
.
WORKER - TL 4.0-4.3 mm; distinguished by the single pair of hairs
on the propodeal dorsum, and the lack of projecting hairs behind
the eyes; otherwise all dorsal surfaces with stout standing hairs.
First gastral tergite with dense minute sculpturation so that the
surface has a silky appearance. Colour dull red, gaster
blackish-brown.
Bolton also listed findings from Ivory Coast (Plantation
Niecky by W.L. Brown), Zaïre and Botswana, describing it as
widely distributed but seeming not to be very common.
Collingwood (1985, illustrated, right) recorded it from Saudi
Arabia, noting that it is very similar in appearance to sericeiventre
but the latter lacks the one or two pairs of hairs on the
propodeal dorsum of khyarum.
WORKER - TL 4.0-4.3 mm; distinguished by the single pair of hairs
on the propodeal dorsum, and the lack of projecting hairs behind
the eyes; otherwise all dorsal surfaces with stout standing hairs.
First gastral tergite with dense minute sculpturation so that the
surface has a silky appearance. Colour dull red, gaster
blackish-brown.