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WHILE making some observations on the ants that occur in south-east Dorset (as a preliminary to a detailed survey of the ant fauna of South Haven Peninsula), I came across workers of a small reddish species which on closer examination proved to be quite distinct from any known British species. The most obvious characters that differentiate this from other Myrmicines are the shape of the mandibles and the very square head, of which the hind margin is markedly emarginate. The mandibles, instead of broadening to a toothed distal end, narrow to a single point like a pair of curved tusks which when closed just cross at the tip. When the specimens were shown to Mr. O. W. Richards, he immediately referred them to the Continental genus Strongylo-gnathus, Mayr, which is well known to be an inquiline or slave-maker associating with Tetramorium. A full description of the species will be published elsewhere.
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DIVER, C. A New Genus of Ants in Britain. Nature 137, 458 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137458b0
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