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Ttvo Netv Genera of Ants 
47 
This beautiful little ant may be readily recognized by 
its very peculiar nodeless petiole, which is unlike that of 
any known Formicid. In other respects it very closely re- 
sembles certain species of Prenolepis and Paratrechina 
(of the subgen. Euprenolepis) . Until the female and male 
have been discovered it will be difficult to decide whether 
Aphantolepis is to be regarded as an independent genus or 
as a subgenus of Paratrechina. 
