1965] 
Taylor — Pristomyrmex 
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Figures 11-14: Pristomyrmex wheeleri n. sp. — Holotype worker: fig. 11, 
head and pronotal dorsum, frontal view; fig. 12, mesosoma, petiole and 
postpetiole, lateral view. — Paratype female: fig. 13, head, frontal view; 
fig. 14, mesosoma etc., lateral view. 
yellowish. Posterior half of first gastric tergite shaded medium to dark 
reddish brown. 
Type locality. Vicinity of Binna Burra, S.E. Queensland. The 
type colony was taken in soil under a stone in rain forest, elevation c. 
2800 ft (May 24, 1962, R. W. Taylor acc. 1281). 
Worker variation. Negative allometry of head length and scape 
length, relative to head width, is suggested by the distribution of 
cephalic and scape indices in the study series. Other characters, 
including the clypeal structure and the development of the mesosomal 
spines, show no apparently significant variation. 
Paratype females. A female from the type-nest (cited first), and 
six others, one from each locality given below except National Park 
and Woodenbong, have the following dimensions: HL 1.11, 1 . 1 7- 
1.25 mm; HW 1.23, 1.3 1- 1.42 mm; Cl 112, 112-114; SL 1.04, 
