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Distribution Notes

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Reference for Kenya if not type: Snelling 2007
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Taxonomic History

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Axinidris murielae Shattuck, 1991 PDF: 116, figs. 23-25, 35 (w.q.) CAMEROUN. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

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See also: Snelling, 2007 PDF: 567.
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Diagnostic Description

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Axinidris murielae Shattuck , 1991: 116 - 117; figs. 23 - 25, 35 (w, q). CAMEROUN , Nkoemvon ( D. Jackson ) ( BMNH ) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Antennal scape with more than 5 and pronotum with 2 erect hairs; pronotum mostly smooth and shiny; medial carina present and obtuse in profile; distance between spines less than PPW; head and body reddish brown.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 2). HW 0.66 - 0.81; HL 0.76 - 0.91; SL 0.56 - 0.66; EL 0.20 - 0.26; OVD 0.24 - 0.31; PNW n / a; PPW 0.31 - 0.46; WL 0.89 - 1.30. Indices. CI 87 - 89; CNI 90 - 129; OI 26 - 34; SI 80 - 85.

DISCUSSION

Worker and queen have been adequately described by Shattuck (1991); the male remains unknown.

The two species A. gabonica and A. murielae are similar and may ultimately prove to belong to a single somewhat variable species. For the present the two are separable as noted in the key: A. murielae has 4 - 6 erect hairs on the pronotum (only 2 in A. gabonica ) and numerous erect hairs on the front of the head (only 4 in A. gabonica ) and also with erect hairs on gastral terga 2 - 4 (one in A. gabonica ).

The types of A. murielae are from Cameroun; Shattuck (1991) also recorded specimens from Ghana. I have also seen a few specimens from the vicinity of Busumbuli in the Kakamega Forest of Kenya. Both samples were taken by tree fogging, one from Teclea nobilis and one from Heinsenia diervillioides.

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Snelling, R. R., 2007, A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, pp. 551-579, vol. 80
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Axinidris murielae

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Axinidris murielae is a species of ant in the genus Axinidris. Described by Shattuck in 1991, the species is endemic to several African countries, where they inhabit forests.[1]

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  1. ^ Shattuck, S. O. 1991. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Axinidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 105-120
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Axinidris murielae: Brief Summary

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Axinidris murielae is a species of ant in the genus Axinidris. Described by Shattuck in 1991, the species is endemic to several African countries, where they inhabit forests.

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