Taxonomic history
See also: Snelling, 2007 PDF: 560.Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck , 1991: 114; fig. 35 (w). GHANA , Mampong ( P. Room ) ( BMNH ) examined .
Worker diagnosis. Antennal scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present and subacute in profile; distance between spines less than PPW; gastral tergum 2 shiny and sparsely punctate.
Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.76; HL 0.83; SL 0.66; EL 0.21; OVD 0.30; PNW n / a; PPW 0.34; WL 0.98. Indices. CI 91; CNI 150; OI 28; SI 86.
Worker description. The worker caste has been adequately described by Shattuck (1991).
Queen and male unknown.
DISCUSSION
This species is known only from the single worker holotype. Nothing is known of its biology, although it is assumed to be arboreal. The most similar species is A. luhya , described below, from which it differs as detailed under that species.
Axinidris ghanensis is a species of ant in the genus Axinidris. Described by Shattuck in 1991, the species is endemic to Ghana and Uganda, based on two collections.[1]
Axinidris ghanensis is a species of ant in the genus Axinidris. Described by Shattuck in 1991, the species is endemic to Ghana and Uganda, based on two collections.
