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W. A. SANDS 



A. epius there is a tendency for it to move into a dorsal position accompanied by 

 an elongation of the mesenteric-proctodeal overlap. 



Holotype $ imago, paratype <$ and $ imagos, and workers from type-colony, 

 Uganda: Kampala, Makerere, 27.1959 {A. French), in British Museum (Natural 

 History). 



Other paratype material. Uganda: Kawanda, v. 1949 (W. V. Harris); Bubandi, 

 1952 (H. A. Osmaston). Kenya: Kisumu, 15.vii.1940 (E. E. Haviland) in AMNH; 

 Kiamosi Forest, Kakamega District, 20.iv.1952 (W. A. Sands). Tanzania: Amani, 

 Lewa, 14.iii.1951 and Ngua, 7.viii.i95i (P. B. Kemp). Zambia: Abercorn, iii.1947 

 (P. E. Glover). Malawi: 9 m. N. of Kota-Kota turnoff on Dowa-Lilongwe Road, 

 16. ix. 1953 (W. Sands & W. Wilkinson). All material in British Museum (Natural 

 History) unless otherwise stated. 



This species appears to be one in which the alate swarms emerge in daylight, and 

 has several times been collected in the act. It is also recorded walking about above 

 ground level when expelled by doryline ants in the same way as Alyscotermes 

 kilimandjaricus. Other records have been from small grassy mounds in forest 

 glades. 



625 



Figs 619-630. Aderitotermes, worker mandibles, mesenteric-proctodeal junctions showing 

 attachments of malpighian tubules and positions of malpighian knot, and views of 

 enteric valve seating. 619-624, A. cavator; 625-630, A. fossor. 



