Axinidris hylekoites Shattuck ^HNS

Axinidris hylekoites Shattuck, 1991: 114 ^HNS; figs. 14 - 16 (w, q). GHANA, Tafo (B. Bolton) (BMNH) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Head and mesosoma reddish, gaster yellow; scape and pronotum each with 4 or more erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines less than PPW.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 4). HW 0.69; HL 0.76 - 0.79; SL 0.57 - 0.61; OVD 0.25 - 0.27; PNW n / a; PPW 0.32 - 0.33; WL 0.71 - 0.92. Indices. CI 88 - 91; CNI 77 - 119; OI 25 - 28; SI 83 - 88.

Worker and Queen have been adequately described by Shattuck; the male caste remains unknown.

DISCUSSION

This species is known only from the several specimens comprising the type series. They were collected from a nest in a rotten tree branch.

As Shattuck (1991) originally noted it is most similar to A. murielae ^HNS but differs in the lighter body color. The surface sculpture of the head is slightly coarser and the propodeal spines slightly wider; this latter difference is almost certainly sufficiently variable as to be of little value.