Ankylomyrma coronacantha

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumArthropoda
3. ClassInsecta
4. OrderHymenoptera
5. FamilyFormicidae

Observations recorded14

Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton , 1973 b: 235, figs 1 - 3. Holotype worker, Ghana: Eastern Region, Mt Atewa; by pyrethrum knockdown, sample A 4 / 3,12. vii. 1969 (D. Leston) (BMNH) [examined]. Worker. TL 6.3 - 6.8, HL 1.48 - 1.50, HW (at maximum in front of eyes) 1.38 - 1.42, CI 92 - 96, SL 1.06 - 1.12, SI 76 - 80, PW 1.20 - 1.22, AL 1.92 - 1.95 (4 measured). Mandibles delicately and superficially longitudinally striate, with scattered fairly conspicuous pits. Palpi very long, the maxillary palps projecting beyond the posteroventral margin of the head when stretched out, their total length c. 1 - 60. Anterior clypeal margin with a median impression. Main features of head as given in generic diagnosis and Fig. 2. Eyes large, maximum diameter 0.36 - 0.38, about 0.27 - 0.28 x HW, situated at posterolateral corners of head. Frontal carinae irregular, running inside eyes to occipital margin. Scrobal area bounded below by a ridge which runs from the mandibular insertions to the extensive prominence at the occipital corner, below the eye. Occipital margin with a transverse raised broad lamella which projects into a number of teeth or spines, projecting especially strongly at the occipital

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