Technomyrmex textor group

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The following is based on Bolton, 2007.

Species

Notes

Of the eight species known in this group three are Malesian, three are Afrotropical, one is Malagasy and one occurs in both the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions.

Description

Palp formula 6,4. Setae entirely lacking from head behind clypeus, entire mesosoma including the propodeal declivity, and gastral tergites 1 - 2 (sometimes also absent from tergite 3). Anterior clypeal margin with a shallow median concavity to a deep median incision. With mesosoma in profile the dorsal outline of the pronotum and anterior half to two-thirds of mesonotum forms a more or less flat surface. The posterior half to one-third of the mesonotum passes through an angle or step and forms a much more steeply sloping declivitous mesonotal face.

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References

  • Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.