A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris.

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Snelling, R. R. (2007): A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris. In: Snelling, R. R., Fisher, B. L., Ward, P. S. (Eds): Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 551-579, URL: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=21291ABSTRACTThe species of the Afrotropical genus Axinidris are here reviewed. The type species is recharacterized following the discovery that the two type specimens have been artificially abraded of almost all pilosity. Thirteen species were recognized by Shattuck (1991) in his revision of the genus. New data extend the ranges of several previously described species and eight new species are described: A. gabonica (Gabon), A. icipe (Kenya), A. lignicola (South Africa), A. luhya (Kenya), A. mlalu (Central African Republic), A. namib (Namibia), A. okekai (Kenya) and A. stageri (Tanzania). Technomyrmex hypoclinoides Santschi is here transferred to Axinidris (new combination) with A. parvus Shattuck as a junior synonym (new synonymy). A key is given for the separation of the workers of all known species and the new species are illustrated.