Distribution
Known from central Africa, the genus contains two species. However, due to the little material available, they may represent variations the same species. A third hitherto undescribed species is known from Kakamega Forest, Kenya.Description
The genus was first described by Carlo Emery, Emery (1908), but was reclassified a few years later as a subgenus of ''Calyptomyrmex'' by Emery (1915). The taxon was finally raised to genus rank by Bolton (1981). Workers are about 2.5–3 mm long and have small eyes. Their Antenna (biology), antennae with 11 segments can be used to separate ''Dicroaspis'' from the related and similar genus ''Calyptomyrmex''. Little is known about their biology, but they appear to live in the leaf litter of rainforests.Species
* ''Dicroaspis cryptocera'' Emery, 1908 * ''Dicroaspis laevidens'' (Felix Santschi, Santschi, 1919)References
*Emery, C. (1908). "Descriptions d'une genre nouveau et de plusieurs formes nouvelles de fourmis du Congo". ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 52: 184–189. *Emery, C. (1915). "Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri". ''Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici'' 10: 3-26.External links
* Myrmicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Africa Taxa named by Carlo Emery {{myrmicinae-stub