cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bairdoppilata simplex
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata simplex

description: Bairdoppilata simplex (Brady, 1880)
1880 Bairdia simplex Brady, n. sp.: 51, pl. 7, figs. 1a–d.
1976 Bairdia simplex Brady. —Puri & Hulings, p. 266, pl. 3, figs. 11–14.
Not 1969 Bairdoppilata (Bairdoppilata?) simplex Brady. —Maddocks, p. 77, figs. 42A–H.
2008? Bairdoppilata simplex (Brady).—Brandão, p. 379, figs. 3.20a, b; 4, 5G–H; table 3.
Material Examined: None.
Taxonomic Remarks: The species is firmly identified only from subfossil type specimens at the type locality, and the soft parts are not known. Brandão (2008) demonstrated that, in the Southern Ocean alone, the materials subsequently reported under this name include at least 10 species, and identifications from other regions are even more suspect.
For example, two specimens from the materials identified as B. (B.?) simplex by Maddocks (1969) were re-examined by Brandão (2008, p. 387, figs. 8B, E, H–I, L, P, Q): Female specimen 191F, USNM 121347, was collected at Eltanin station 418, 62 o 39–40’S, 56 o 8–10’W, 311– 426 m. Male specimen 205M, USNM 121348, was collected at Eltanin station 1345, 54 o 50–51’S, 129 o 46–48’W, 915–1153 m. Brandão stated that they represent either one or two different species, which she provisionally identified as? Bairdoppilata sp. 1 aff.? B. labiata (Müller). The appendages and hemipenis were described, but not the esophageal valve.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Bairdoppilata villosa
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata villosa

description: Bairdoppilata villosa (Brady, 1880)
1880 Bairdia villosa Brady, n. sp.: p. 50, pl. 3, figs. 3a–b; pl. 5, figs. 2a–g; pl. 8, figs. 4a–f.
1976 Bairdia villosa Brady. —Puri & Hulings, p. 266, pl. 2, figs. 1–4.
Not (?) 1969 Bairdoppilata (Bairdoppilata?) villosa (Brady).—Maddocks, p. 75, figs. 40A–H, 41A–C.
Material Examined: None.
Anatomical Remarks: Brady’s drawing of the esophageal flapper valve of B. villosa was the first published illustration of this structure (Brady 1880, pl. 3, fig. 3; Maddocks 2015, fig. 1A). It shows the general relationships of the ring with collar and belt, two thick, symmetrical braces ending in oval aprons, and a fan-shaped plate with concentric light and dark bands, but it does not show whether the posterior margin of the plate is dentate.
Taxonomic Remarks: The species is reliably identified only from the subfossil lectotype specimen at the type locality near Kerguelen Island. Brady’s description of soft anatomy should be verified from new material. All reports of this species from elsewhere should be re-examined. It is likely that they comprehend multiple species, as Brandão (2008) showed for B. simplex.
For example, the two adult males (specimen 371M, USNM 121344; specimen 194M, USNM 121345) described by Maddocks (1969) were collected from Eltanin station 1418 (54 o 32’S, 159 o 02’E, 113– 92 m), which is thousands of kilometers east of the type locality at Kerguelen Island. They represent a species of Bairdoppilata, but the identification as B. villosa requires re-examination.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Bairdoppilata undefined-2
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata undefined-2

description: Bairdoppilata sp. 2 [of Maddocks 2015, Hawaii]
(Figure 16C)
2015 Bairdoppilata sp. 2: Maddocks, p. 304, figs. 12A–L, 13A–J.
2018 Bairdoppilata sp. 2, Maddocks.—Maddocks: figs. 3D,H; 4A, B; 7D–G; 8A–D, L; 13A–D; 14A–G; 15A–F; 16A–C.
Material Examined: Twelve specimens from Kanéohe Bay, O’ahu, the Hawaiian Islands (Maddocks 2015, 2018).
Dimensions: Female 3969F, carapace L 0.892 mm, carapace H 0.566 mm.
Esophageal Valve: The plate is flat, wedge-shaped, with an incised but fairly narrow chevron groove (Fig. 16C). The posterior perimeter is scalloped with about eight gently curved teeth or low mounds, of equal sizes with no medial gap, which are set apart by a space from the multilobate corner teeth and one or more guide pins (or setules of the underlying ventral brush). Specimens from this species population were illustrated extensively by Maddocks (2018) to show the three-dimensional configuration of the esophageal apparatus and the molting process.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Bairdoppilata undefined-2
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata undefined-2

description: Bairdoppilata sp. 2 [of Morais & Coimbra 2017, Brazil]
(Figures 15A–I, 16F–I)
2017 Bairdoppilata sp. 2: Morais & Coimbra, fig. 3E.
Material Examined. Five specimens from Saco do Francisco, Brazil.
Dimensions: Specimen 3991F, LVL 0.974 mm, LVH 0.672 mm. Specimen 3988F, RVL 0.91, RVH 0.509.
Esophageal Valve: The plate is flat, broadly wedge-shaped, and furnished with about 14 evenly spaced triangular teeth (Fig. 16G). The scroll-like indentations on the anterior edges are well marked. The bracket consists of two curving triangular walls arranged in a V, with conspicuous tubercles along their anterior ends. The braces have thick shafts and rather short, blunt aprons (Fig. 16H).
Anatomical Remarks: In lateral view the dorsal margin of the carapace arches to unusually great height, the posterior end is not caudate, and the surface is entirely smooth (Figs. 15A–B, H).
The distal antennal claws are short, saber-like and sharply pointed, with the anterodistal claw being slightly thinner than the main claw (Figs 15D–E). The fused claw is smooth. The eye is unusually large and dark red (Fig. 15A, F).
Taxonomic Remarks: Morais and Coimbra (2017) collected empty valves (interpreted as allochthonous) of B. sp. 2 in turf algae of rocky shores immediately below low tide (1–3m) in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. They pointed out, correctly, that the taxonomic composition of phytal assemblages of rocky shores is poorly known, echoing similar comments by Maddocks (2013). Then, they characterized Bairdoppilata as a “shelf genus, which lives mainly on sandy sediments,” and they expressed surprise at finding these valves captured by algal turf. This illustrates a familiar paleoecological dilemma: It is easy to equate the site of collection with the habitat in life, forgetting that most species are known only from subfossil valves collected in sea-floor sediments, after post-mortem transport and mixing by sedimentary and taphonomic processes.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on pages 328-329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Bairdoppilata undefined-3
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata undefined-3

description: Bairdoppilata sp. 3 [of Maddocks 2015, Hawaii]
(Figure 16D)
2015 Bairdoppilata sp. 3: Maddocks, p. 304, figs. 14A–I, 15A–D, 16A–L, 17A–F.
2018 Bairdoppilata sp. 3, Maddocks.—Maddocks, fig. 3F.
Material Examined: Five specimens from FFS–TC–13, French Frigate Shoals, the Hawaiian Islands.
Dimensions: Adult female 3923F, Carapace L 0.995 mm, H 0.631 mm.
Esophageal Valve: Plate flat, wedge-shaped, with curved posterior edge bordered by 12 regularly spaced, moderately prominent, conical teeth, without a median gap, of which the two middle teeth and the two end teeth are slightly smaller than the others (Fig. 16D). At the corners, slightly larger, multilobate teeth are set apart from the median teeth by a gap, and tufts of setules are visible from the underlying ventral brush.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Bairdoppilata undefined-4
Creators: name: Maddocks, Rosalie F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata
Bairdoppilata undefined-4

description: Bairdoppilata sp. 4 [of Maddocks 2015, Hawaii]
(Figure 16E)
2015 Bairdoppilata sp. 4: Maddocks, p. 305, figs. 17G–P.
2018 Bairdoppilata sp. 4, Maddocks.—Maddocks, figs. 5C–D; 8E–F, J–K; 10H–J; 12A–J; 16D–H.
Material Examined: One female (specimen 3963F) from KB Station 5, Kane’ohe Bay, the Hawaiian Islands.
Dimensions: Adult female 3963F, carapace L 1.084 mm, H 0.732 mm.
Esophageal Valve: Plate flat, wedge-shaped, with curved posterior edge bordered by about 10 closely spaced, conical to subtriangular teeth, without a median gap, of which the 2 middle teeth and the 2 end teeth are slightly narrower than the 4 teeth between (Fig. 16E). At the corners, slightly wider, multilobate corner teeth are visible, together with setules from the underlying brush.
description: Published as part of Maddocks, Rosalie F., 2022, Taxonomic applications of the esophageal flapper valve in Bairdoppilata and Glyptobairdia (Bairdiidae, Ostracoda), with comments on anatomy, ontogeny, and geography, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 5175 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7003585
Dohrniphora angolensis Beyer
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora angolensis

description: Dohrniphora angolensis Beyer
(Fig. 1)
Dohrniphora angolensis Beyer, 1959b: 35. (Female only).
The hitherto unknown male is described below.
Male
Frons similar to female, the breadth being almost 1.5 x the midline length, the antial and anterolateral bristles in an almost straight transverse row and almost equidistant. The median row of bristles with pre­ocellars a little further apart than either is from a mediolateral. Postpedicel about 1.2 x as long as broad, light brown with dense pubescence which is a little coarser near base of arista. Second segment of palp paler than postpedicel, being more orange than brown, and with five apical bristles and numerous hairs extending to base. Labrum and labella narrow. Thorax orange tinged brown, being darkest on top. Anterior scutellars only as long as hairs at rear of scutum but a little more robust, but posterior pair of bristles at least twice as long. Abdominal tergites 1­5 brown in rear two thirds but yellow laterally and on anterior two thirds. T6 more extensively yellow, with brown restricted to a posteromedian patch. Hypopygium with orange yellow epandrium anterodorsally, otherwise largely brown but with a straw yellow anal tube. Venter murky straw yellow with hairs on segments 3­5. Legs a murky yellowish orange apart from brown mid coxae and dorsal rims of hind femora. Base of hind femur as Fig. 1. Otherwise legs similar to female. The dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia only just overreaches basal pair of long bristles. Wing similar to female, but a trifle smaller with the length being about 2.8 mm. Costal index 0.5­0.6. Costal ratios about 8: 3: 1. Costal cilia 0.10­0.11 mm long. Haltere yellowish brown with a dark patch around pair of hairs at base of knob.
1. Dohrniphora angolensis male, face of base of hind femur. Scale bar
0.1 mm.
Material
Holotype female, Angola, Dundo, September 1953 (Musée de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren) [not examined]. Male, Zambia, Lusaka, January 1980, R. A. Beaver (CUMZ – 6­ 27).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora aseta Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora aseta

description: Dohrniphora aseta sp. nov.
(Fig. 2)
The name refers to the lack of the basal hair of vein 3.
Male
Frons brown, a little broader than high, with dense but minute microsetae and 30 scattered hairs. A pair of strong supra­antennal bristles; antials further apart than distance from anterolaterals and very slightly lower on frons; pre­ocellars further apart than either is from a mediolateral bristle, which is slightly lower on frons. Postpedicels subglobose to slightly elongated and brown but not dark. Palps straw yellow with five bristles at or just before tip and at least twice as many hairs below extending to base of segment 2. Yellowish brown labrum half as wide as postpedicel. Labella straw yellow. Thorax brown on top shading to orange brown on sides. Scutellum with a posterior pair of bristles and an anterior pair of hairs at most as strong as those at rear of scutum between dorsocentral bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with sparse minute hairs, except for T6 (especially at rear margin). Yellowish brown venter with some small hairs below on segments 3­5. Hypopygium brown with straw yellow hypandrial lobes and anal tube. Legs straw yellow apart from brown dorsal edge to hind femur. Front tibia with 4­5 dorsal spines. Mid tibia, apart from basal pair of bristles, with a pre­apical bristle; and its dorsal hair palisade extends about half its length. Hind tibia lacks pre­apical isolated bristles. Base of hind femur as Fig. 2, and hind coxal lobe similar to D. cornuta (Fig. 5) but with longer denser hair. Wing 2.3 mm long. Costal index 0.51­0.52. Costal ratios 7.9: 2.4: 1. Costal cilia 0.06­0.07 mm long. Thick veins yellowish grey. No hair at base of vein 3. Veins 4­6 pale grey and 7 only discernible with critical lighting. Membrane almost colorless. Haltere whitish yellow.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Malawi, Kasungu National Park, Lifupa Camp, 1000 m, 9­10 December 1980, B. Stuckenberg & J. Londt (Natal Museum – 1333Aa. 5­110).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora diminuens Schmitz
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
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Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora diminuens

description: Dohrniphora diminuens Schmitz
(Fig. 8)
Diploneura (Dohrniphora) diminuens Schmitz, 1935: 42. (Female only). Dohrniphora rhynchophora Beyer, 1960: 414. (Female only). Borgmeier, 1971. Male: Disney & Kistner, 1989: 76.
This species was described from a single female, which has caused subsequent problems with the recognition of the species. Indeed Beyer (1959a) omitted it from his key and made no reference to it, despite his inclusion of three other species known from females only. I have remounted the holotype on a slide and can now confirm the identity of the termitophilous series reported from Angola in the nests of three genera of termites, including fungus growing species and the fungivorous habits of the larvae (Disney & Kistner, 1989).
Material
Holotype female, SA, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Salisbury (Harare), 27 January 1935, A Cuthbertson, ex termite nest 3993 (Natural History Museum, London ­ BMNH (E) 249323).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora Dahl
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
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Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora

description: Genus Dohrniphora Dahl
Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898: 188.
The genus is keyed by Disney (1994) along with a summary of the identification literature for each Biogeographical Region. The Afrotropical species were last keyed by Beyer (1959a). This has been supplemented by Disney and Kistner (1989, 1997), Disney (1991) and Disney and Darlington (2000). In this paper I offer new keys to the males of the Afrotropical species, following the description of the new species. A partial key to females was provided by Disney and Kistner (1997), but as most of the new species are only known in the male sex this key has not been revised. In this genus the male hypopygia are surprisingly similar. Consequently species recognition has come to be based primarily on the details of the spinule complex at the base of the male hind femur.
New species and notes on selected species
Except where indicated otherwise, the material is deposited in the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology (CUMZ). My reference numbers indicate the relevant notebook and page number, which is also written on the slide label. Thus 6­27 means notebook 6 page 27.
The diagnostic characters for each species are those used in the key below.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora binga Disney
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora binga

description: Dohrniphora binga Disney
(Figs 3­4)
Dohrniphora binga Disney, 1991: 29.
This species was described from Zimbabwe but has since proved to be common in Senegal and Yemen as well.
.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora gouteuxi Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
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Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora gouteuxi

description: Dohrniphora gouteuxi sp. nov.
(Fig. 10)
The name refers to the collector of the holotype (see below).
Male
Frons brown, a little wider than long, with 40­48 hairs and microsetae represented by minute dots only. Antials a little closer to anterolaterals than to each other, and ALs slightly higher on frons. Bristles of middle row with pre­ocellars a little closer together than either is from a mediolateral, but the MLs slightly lower on frons than POs. Postpedicels light brown and subconical. Straw yellow palps with five short bristles at tip and a few short hairs below segment 2. Labrum narrow and labella reduced in size. Thorax brown. Scutellum with anterior pair of hairs (subequal to those towards rear of scutum) and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with sparse small hairs. Venter dirty straw yellow with a few hairs below on segments 3­5 and a pair of bristles at rear of 5. Hypopygium and anal tube brown. Legs light yellowish brown, the dorsal edged and distal third of hind femur being darkest. Front tibia with five small dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia ends before basal pair of bristles. Base of hind femur as Fig. 10. Hind tibia lacks isolated bristles in upper three quarters and the posterodorsals are fine. Wings 1.0­ 1.1 mm long. Costal index 0.45. Costal ratios 7.5­7.6: 1.5: 1. Costal cilia 0.03­ 0.04 mm long. Thick veins pale brown, 4­6 paler, vein 7 absent. A fine hair at base of vein 3. Membrane lightly tinged grey. Haltere whitish yellow.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora hararensis Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora hararensis

description: Dohrniphora hararensis sp. nov.
(Fig. 11)
The name refers to the type locality (see below).
Male
Frons brown, wider than long, with 44­48 hairs and microsetae reduced to minute dots only. Antials a little further apart than either is from an anterolateral, and all four bristles in an almost straight transverse row. Bristles of middle row likewise, except MLs are slightly lower on frons than POs. Postpedicels light brown, subglobose but slightly longer than broad. Yellow palps with five apical bristles, one of which is small, and about seven small hairs along length of segment 2 below. Light yellow brown labrum narrower than palp. Straw yellow labella lightly tinged brown above. Thorax brown. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdomen with dark brown tergites bearing sparse small hairs. Venter straw yellow with some hairs below segments 4 and 5, some at rear of 5 being more bristle like. Hypopygium, including anal tube, largely brown. Apart from brown mid coxae, legs straw yellow variably tinged brown; especially dorsal edge, towards ventral margin and distal third of hind femur. Front tibia with five small dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia ends at basal pair of bristles. Base of hind femur as Fig. 11. Hind tibia lacks isolated bristles in upper three quarters and the posterodorsals only weakly differentiated. Wings just over 1.5 mm long. Costal index 0.40. Costal ratios about 8.4: 1.7: 1. Costal cilia 0.04­0.05 mm long. Otherwise wing and haltere very similar to D. gouteuxi.
Dohrniphora males, posterior face of bases of hind femora: (11) D. hararensis;
(12) D. harteni. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora harteni Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora harteni

description: Dohrniphora harteni sp. nov.
(Fig. 12)
The name refers to the collector of the holotype (see below).
Male
Frons brown with midline length and breadth subequal, with 50­80 hairs and microsetae dense but minute. Antials closer to ALs than to each other and level with or slightly higher or lower on frons than latter. POs and MLs almost equally spaced, but latter distinctly lower on frons. Postpedicels light brown, subglobose, but tapered to apex; but length is subequal to greatest breadth. Palps similar to D. gouteuxi. Likewise proboscis. Thorax brown but tending to yellow on lower part of mesopleuron and on sternopleuron and hypopleuron. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites mainly brown but T2 and T6 are liable to be partly yellow, the former mainly on anterior third and T6 on anterior half or more. All hairs sparse and minute. Venter pale straw yellow with small hairs below on segments 3­5 and a pair of stronger and 2­4 weaker bristles at rear of 5. Hypopygium essentially brown with a straw yellow anal tube. Apart from the brown mid coxae and dorsal edge of hind femur, the legs are straw yellow. Front tibia with 3­5 (usually 4) small dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends from 0.4­0.6 of length. Base of hind femur as Fig. 12. Without isolated bristles in upper three quarters of hind tibia. Wing 1.5­1.6 mm long. Costal index 0.45­0.50. Costal ratios 7.5­8.5: 1.8­2.3: 1. Costal cilia 0.04­0.05 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 subequal to costal cilia of section 1, but a little finer. Veins greyish brown, but 7 very pale. Membrane lightly tinged grey. Haltere knob with distal two thirds straw yellow.
Female
As male, but with palps and proboscis similar to D. cornuta. Indeed the females of these two species are extremely alike apart from the longer dorsal hair palisade on the mid tibia and the abdominal venter with hairs on ventral face, in front of bristle­like hairs at rear margins, reduced to minute hairs on anterior two thirds of segments 4 and 5. Material
HOLOTYPE male, Yem en, Lahj, April 2000, A. van Harten (4385) (CUMZ – 2­137). PARATYPES, 3 males, 3 females, as holotype except dates are November 1999 (4290), May 2000 (4637) and 2 males, 12 km N. W. Manakhah, 3 July­2 August 2001 (5987) (CUMZ – 2­136, 2­148, 2­156, 2­158).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora ivoriensis Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Disney, R. Henry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora ivoriensis

description: Dohrniphora ivoriensis sp. nov.
(Fig. 16)
The name refers to the type locality (see below).
Male
Frons brown, a little broader than long, with dense but very fine microsetae and 60­66 hairs. Antials about twice as far apart as either is from a mediolateral and all four bristles almost in a straight transverse row. Pre­ocellars about 1.5x as far apart as distance from mediolaterals but at least as far apart as antials. MLs very slightly lower on frons than POs. Postpedicels brown but not dark, and subglobose. Palps pale orange yellow, greatest width viewed from above about 0.75x diameter of postpedicel and length of second segment almost 3x breadth. With five bristles, two at the tip, one pre­apical and two further back. Yellowish brown labrum only about 0.7x as wide as palp. Labella similarly colored above but otherwise paler. Thorax orange brown to more brown on top. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs (only as large as those surrounding prothoracic spiracle) and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites mainly brown, but anterior half of T2 largely yellow, sometimes also the same for T6, and the anteromedian regions at least of T3­T5. Hypopygium brown with straw yellow anal tube tinged brown especially in basal third. Venter dirty pale straw yellow with small hairs below on segments 3­5 plus a pair of bristles at the rear of 5. Legs straw yellow apart from brown on mid coxae and dorsal edge and tip of hind femur. Front tibia with 3­5 small dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade extends just over half length of mid tibia. Hind tibia lacks isolated bristles in upper three quarters. Base of hind femur as Fig. 16. Wings 1.3­2.0 mm long. Costal index 0.49­0.52. Costal ratios 6.5­6.6: 1.l8­2.1: 1. Costal cilia 0.04 mm long. At base of vein 3 with a fine hair (at most as long as costal cilia of section 1). Veins 1­6 brown and vein 7 pale, especially in basal third. Membrane tinged brownish grey (evident to naked eye when viewed against a white background). Haltere brown.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Ivory Coast, Region Man, Droplev, 2 April 1977, J. P. Gouteux (CUMZ – 3­19). PARATYPE male, as holotype except Riv. JDA (Déoulé), 29 March 1977 (3­21).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora malawiensis Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
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Dohrniphora malawiensis

description: Dohrniphora malawiensis sp. nov.
(Fig. 17)
The name refers to the type locality (see below).
Male
Frons brown, a little broader than high, with dense but extremely reduced microsetae and 58­62 hairs. A pair of strong supra­antennal bristles, antials at least twice as far apart than distance from an anterolateral and all four bristles almost level. Pre­ocellars a little further apart than either is from a mediolateral bristle and slightly higher on frons than MLs. Postpedicels subglobose and yellowish brown. Second segment of straw yellow palp almost egg shaped, being only about 1.75x as long as greatest breadth, with five apical bristles and at least a dozen hairs running back to base on inner ventral face. The pale brownish yellow labrum only about half as wide as postpedicel and labella even paler. Thorax brown. Scutellum with a posterior pair of bristles and an anterior pair of hairs that are shorter than those at rear of scutum. Abdominal tergites entirely brown with sparse minute hairs that are scarcely longer at rear margins of T5 and T6. Venter light brown, with a few small hairs below on segments 3­5 plus a pair of widely separated strong bristles at rear of 5. Hypopygium brown with straw yellow anal tube tinged brown at base. Legs yellow lightly tinged brown, but darker along dorsal edge of hind femur. Front tibia with four dorsal spines. Mid tibia, apart from basal pair of bristles, with a pre­apical bristle, two smaller bristles above this, and its dorsal hair palisade extending almost two thirds of length. Hind tibia lacks isolated bristles above apex. Base of hind femur as Fig. 17. Hind coxal lobe similar to Fig. 5. Wings 1.6 mm long. Costal index 0.47. Costal ratios 7.4: 1.8: 1. Costal cilia 0.06 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 subequal to costal cilia on basal half of costal section 2. All veins greyish yellow, except vein 7 only discernible with critical lighting. Membrane almost colorless. Haltere whitish yellow.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Malawi, Kasungu National Park, Lifupa Camp, 1000 m, 9­10 December 1980, B. Stuckenberg & J. Londt (Natal Museum, 1333 Aa. 5­110).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora montana Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
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Dohrniphora montana

description: Dohrniphora montana sp. nov.
(Figs 18­19)
The name refers to the montane type locality (see below).
Male
Frons brown, a little broader than high, with greatly reduced microsetae and 60 strong hairs. A pair of robust SA bristles; antials about twice as far apart as either is from an AL bristle, all four bristles being almost in a straight transverse row. POs a little further apart than either is from a ML bristle, which is distinctly lower on frons. Postpedicels a little longer than broad and brownish orange. Palps orange yellow and as Fig. 18. The orange brown labrum only half as wide as postpedicel. Labella pale. Thorax orange brown above and paler on sides. Scutellum with an anterior pair of hairs (as strong as those at rear of scutum), a bristle at each posterolateral corner, and another strong hair on the rear margin towards each side. Abdominal tergites mainly brown apart from being yellow on T1 anteriorly and laterally, on the anteromedian region of T2 and the anterior half (at least) of T6. Hairs minute and sparse on T1­T5, except at rear of T5, and larger and more numerous on T6, which has long hairs at rear margin. Venter straw yellow with hairs below on segments 3­5 and 5 with a pair of bristles at rear margin. Hypopygium brown, with the T10/S10 ring and anal tube yellow. Legs yellow apart from brown dorsal edge to hind femur. Front tibia with 4­5 near­dorsal spines. Mid tibia, apart from the basal pair of bristles, with a pre­apical anterior bristle and some small spines above this and beyond tip of dorsal hair palisade, which extends about 0.7x length. Hind tibia without pre­apical isolated bristles. Base of hind femur as Fig. 19. Wing length 2.7 mm. Costal index 0.53. Costal ratios 9.5: 3: 1. Costal cilia 0.08 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 subequal to costal cilia in middle of costal section 1. Veins light brown, but 7 very pale grey. Membrane very lightly tinged grey. Haltere pale yellow.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Malawi, Zomba Plateau, montane forest, 1500 m, 12­14 December 1980, J. Londt & B. Stuckenberg (Natal Museum – 1535Ad. 5­106).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 14-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora papuana Brues
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Dohrniphora papuana

description: Dohrniphora papuana (Brues)
(Fig. 22)
Phora papuana Brues, 1905: 541.
Dohrniphora papuana (Brues) Brues, 1915: 96. Dohrniphora schmitzi Kohl, 1914: 121. (Female only). Male, Disney & Kistner, 1989: 80. Syn. nov.
This species is included in the key to Oriental species (Disney, 1990). I have a series of males and females from the Seychelles which clearly belong to the problem species, Dohrniphora sp.?, for which Collin (1912) had only a single female. He rightly compared it with D. papuana (Brues, 1905), but dismissed this species from further consideration because his specimen had “a long proboscis” but the female of D. papuana had, according to Collin, a proboscis “of normal length”. In his original description of both sexes Brues makes no reference to the proboscis. However, Brues (1907) commented on the “elongated proboscis” of the female D. papuana. Furthermore, Collin (1912) refers to the “elongated proboscis” of “D. cleghorni’ (= D. cornuta) females. In fact the females of both species covered by Collin have the lengths of the proboscis subequal. However, the males of Collin’s species has now been compared with males from the Oriental Region (referred to by Disney, 1990) and have proven to be a different species, which is described above (see D. confusa). However, the good series of males of this complex from Yemen are indistinguishable from the Oriental specimens of D. papuana. Furthermore, a comparison of these males with those of D. schmitzi (Kohl, 1914), a species from mainland Africa described from females only but whose male was subsequently described by Disney & Kistner (1989), again indicates that they are indistinguishable from D. papuana apart from the fact that these D. schmitzi males have no posterodorsal hair palisade on segment 5 of the front tarsus, whereas in the available Oriental specimens of D. papuana there is typically (but not invariably) an incomplete palisade on this segment. A comparison of the females from Yemen with those from mainland Africa show that the number of anteroventral spinules above the apical spurs of the hind tibia ranges from 0­3 in the Arabian specimens but 4­7 in the West African specimens. Otherwise these females are indistinguishable. With the identical male hypopygia and spinule complexes at the base of the male hind femora I conclude that D. schmitzi is a synonym of D. papuana, but it is either a distinct subspecies (recognizable in the female sex only) or, more likely, that there is an East­West cline in the number of spinules on the female hind tibia and the likelihood of an incomplete hair palisade on the fifth segment of the front tarsus.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora rostrata Enderlein
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Dohrniphora rostrata

description: Dohrniphora rostrata Enderlein
Dohrniphora rostrata Enderlein, 1912: 46. (Female only).
This species was described from the female sex only and the type material was subsequently destroyed. A Neotype female was designated by Disney & Kistner (1989).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora stuckenbergi Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
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Dohrniphora stuckenbergi

description: Dohrniphora stuckenbergi sp. nov.
(Figs 20­21)
The name refers to the collector of the holotype (see below).
Male
Frons brown, a little wider than long, the dense microsetae reduced, and with 42­74 hairs. Antials further apart than either is from an anterolateral bristle, which is very slightly higher on frons. Pre­ocellars further apart than either is from a mediolateral, which is slightly lower on frons. Postpedicels yellowish brown and subglobose. Palps yellow and as Fig. 20. Pale brown labrum slightly narrower than palp. Labella pale. Thorax brown on top but more orange on sides. Scutellum with an anterior pair of hairs (only as strong as nearest hairs at rear of scutum) and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown except for yellow anterior third to half of T1, T2 and T6, and with sparse small hairs except at rear of T6. Venter straw yellow, with hairs below segments 3­5 and a pair of bristles at rear of 5. Legs yellow apart from brown dorsal edge to hind femur. With 4­5 neardorsal spines on front tibia. Mid tibia, apart from basal pair of bristles, with a pre­apical anterior bristle, 1­2 small spines above this and four spines beyond hair palisade, which extends about 0.6x length. Hind tibia lacks pre­apical isolated bristles. Base of hind femur as Fig. 21. Wings 1.9­2.1 mm long. Costal index 0.50­0.51. Costal ratios 6.0­8.1: 1.9­2.6: 1. Costal cilia 0.05­0.06 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 subequal to costal cilia of section 1. Veins brownish yellow except 7 only discernible with critical lighting. Membrane only very faintly tinged grey. Haltere pale yellow.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Malawi, Zomba, 1100 m, at light, 24­27 November 1980, J. Londt & B. Stuckenberg (Natal Museum – 1535Ad – 5­107). PARATYPE male, Kasungu National Park, Lifupa Camp, 1000 m, 9­10 December 1980, J. Londt & B. Stuckenberg (Natal Museum – 1333Aa – 5­110).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora zambiae Disney, 2003, sp. nov.
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Year: 2003
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Dohrniphora zambiae

description: Dohrniphora zambiae sp. nov.
(Fig. 23)
The name refers to the type locality (see below).
Male
Frons brown, broader than long, with 40­58 hairs and microsetae vestigial (only just visible at high magnifications). Antials nearer anterolaterals than to each other and all four bristles in an irregular transverse row. Pre­ocellars further apart than either is from a mediolateral bristle, and the latter very slightly lower on frons. Postpedicel is brown, subglobose but a little pointed at apex so that it is slightly longer than broad. Palps orange yellow to yellow with five apical bristles and at least three times as many hairs below segment 2, which is about 2.3x as long as broad (as viewed from above). Light brown labrum only about 0.8x as wide as palp. Labella pale lightly tinged brown above. Thorax brown to almost black on top. Scutellum with an anterior pair of hairs (subequal to those at rear of scutum) and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites, hypopygium and basal two thirds at least of cerci brown. Venter largely brown, (but intersegment 5/6 is pale) and bare. Legs brown, the hind pair being darkest. Front tibia with 5­6 dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends 0.5­0.6x length. Hind tibia lacks bristles in upper three quarters. Base of hind femur as Fig. 23. Wings 1.6­1.9 mm long. Costal index 0.45­0.47. Costal ratios 7.5­8.0: 1.7­1.9: 1. Costal cilia 0.05­0.06 mm long. A fine hair, as long as longest costal cilia, at base of vein 3. Veins 1­3 brown, 4­6 greyish brown and 7 pale grey. Membrane lightly tinged grey. Haltere with brown knob and paler stem.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Zambia, Lusaka, January 1980, Malaise trap, R. A. Beaver (CUMZ – 6­27). PARATYPE male, as holotype.
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 18-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Dohrniphora zophera Disney, 2003, sp. nov
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Dohrniphora zophera

description: Dohrniphora zophera sp. nov
(Fig. 24­25)
The name refers to the dark color of this species.
Male
Frons brown, broader than long, with 40­60 hairs and microsetae reduced to minute pale spots. Antials closer to anterolateral bristles than to each other and slightly lower on frons. Pre­ocellars likewise with respect to mediolaterals or the four bristles almost equally spaced, and MLs slightly lower on frons. Postpedicel pale brown, about as long as broad, subglobose but ending in a distinctly pointed apex. Palp viewed from above about 0.6x as wide as postpedicel, straw yellow to slightly dusky; with five bristles at apex, one of which is greatly reduced, and at least three times as many small hairs below segment 2. Yellowish brown labrum about as wide as palp. Labella pale. Thorax brown. Scutellum with an anterior pair of hairs (subequal to those at rear of scutum between dorsocentral bristles) and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with minute hairs, which are only slightly longer at rear of T6. Venter pale straw yellow with minute hairs below segments 3­ 5 and 2­4 longer bristles at rear of 5. Hypopygium brown, including cerci of anal tube. Legs straw yellow variably tinged brown, but hind femur with brown dorsal edge, apical third and most of ventral third in basal two thirds. Front tibia with 4­6 dorsal spines. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia only extends about a quarter of length. Hind tibia lacks isolated bristles in upper three quarters. Base of hind femur as Figs 24­25, with the number of spinules ranging from 4­8 (usually with 5 or 6) and the small notch just beyond these spinules (Fig. 25) varying in size. Wings 1.3­1.8 mm long. Costal index 0.45­0.47. Costal ratios 7­11: 1.1­2.3: 1. Costal cilia 0.04­0.05 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 subequal to costal cilia of section 1 or a little weaker and shorter. Veins yellowish grey, but 7 absent. Membrane almost colorless. Haltere knob whitish yellow.
Material
HOLOTYPE male, Ye me n, Ar Rujum, 9 April­5 June 2001, Malaise trap, A. van Harten (5870. CUMZ – 2­180). PARATYPES 9 males, 12 km N. W. Manakhah, Malaise traps, May­October 2002, A. van Harten (6837, 7099, 7133, 7374. CUMZ ­ 2­45, 50­53). Male, Zambia, Lusaka, Malaise trap, November­December 1979, R. A. Beaver (CUMZ – 6­28).
description: Published as part of Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 196 on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156866
Myrmecia sanguinea Sm.
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Year: 1915
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Myrmecia sanguinea

description: Myrmecia sanguinea, Sm.
Yallingup, S.W. Australia (Rowland Turner). 5.
description: Published as part of Crawley W. C., 1915, Ants from north and south-west Australia (G. F. Hill, Rowland Turner) and Christmas Island, Straits Settlements. Part 2, pp. 232-239 in Ann. Mag Natur. Hist. 15 on page 232
Euponera (Brachyponera) lutea Mayr
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Year: 1915
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Euponera
Euponera lutea

description: Euponera (Brachyponera) lutea, Mayr.
Yallingup.
description: Published as part of Crawley W. C., 1915, Ants from north and south-west Australia (G. F. Hill, Rowland Turner) and Christmas Island, Straits Settlements. Part 2, pp. 232-239 in Ann. Mag Natur. Hist. 15 on page 232
Rhytidoponera C., 1915, sp. n.
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Year: 1915
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Rhytidoponera

description: No. 89. Rhytidoponera (s. str.) flava, sp. n.
♂ - L. 8 mm.
Mandibles large, triangular, the terminal border regularly dentate; finely striate. Anterior border of clypeus regularly curved; frontal area indistinct. Head longer than broad, eyes'large, placed in the centre of the sides of head, of which they occupy three-quarters; ocelli large and prominent. Frontal carinas short, diverging behind; scape of 13-jointed antennae slightly shorter than the second joint of funiculus, first joint of latter as broad as long; from the second joint of funiculus, which is the longest, the joints gradually diminish in length until the terminal, which is slightly longer than the preceding one. Mesonotum high and arched, Mayrian furrows almost invisible; scutellum prominent, rather small, and wider in front; epinotum longer than broad, with convex sides, only slightly narrower behind than in front. Upper wings with two cubital closed and two discoidal cells. Pedicel long and narrow, somewhat cylindrical, only slightly higher behind; underneath in front is a long, very thin, vertical spine. Gaster a little more than twice as long as broad, first segment (or post-petiole) as long as the second, the constriction between them moderately pronounced. Tibiae of the two posterior pairs of legs with two spurs, the inner long and pectinate, very shortly so in the middle pair and longer in the posterior pair. Claws bifid.
Head and thorax coarsely rugose; on the declivous surface of epinotuin the rugosities radiate from a central ridge; node of pedicel transversely striate. First segment of gaster finely striate longitudinally, the lateral striae curving inwards and encircling the base; second segment finely striate transversely, the striai having a tendency to curve upwards; the remaining segments transversely striate. In one specimen the node and gaster are shining, the striæ on the. former being more feeble, those on the first segment of gaster are only apparent at the sides and base, and on the second segment they are diagonal, the central ones almost longitudinal.
Pilosity sparse and scattered, yellow; scapes and tibiæ with erect hairs.
Chestnut, head and mesonotum darker.
Darwin, N.T., 1. vi. 13 (Hill). 3 ♂ ♂.
As no ☿ ☿ were captured with these ♂ have thought it best to describe them provisionally as a new species, and have placed them in the subgenus Rhytidoponera (s. str.), although in the length of the scape and second joint of funiculus they do not entirely accord with Emery’s characters given in the 'Genera Insectorum/ The number o£ males known is, however, small.
description: Published as part of Crawley W. C., 1915, Ants from north and south-west Australia (G. F. Hill, Rowland Turner) and Christmas Island, Straits Settlements. Part 2, pp. 232-239 in Ann. Mag Natur. Hist. 15 on pages 232-233