This subspecies is distinguished by possessing large-sized reticulum at the distal pole (apertural pole) as well as at the proximal pole. Lumina near the equator slightly larger than lumina surrounding the operculum. Lumina of the operculum, although as coarse as those of the grain surface, sometimes appear narrower due to sinuosity and irregularity of muri. Nexine usually dark to invisible under light microscopy, surface rough to minutely verrucate under SEM, diameter intermediate between the zonasulculus and the whole grain.
Full reference: M. I. A. Ibrahim. 2002. New angiosperm pollen from the upper Barremian-Aptian of the Western Desert, Egypt. Palynology 26(1):107-133
Belongs to Afropollis operculatus according to M. I. A. Ibrahim 2002
Sister taxon: Afropollis operculatus microreticulatus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Afropollis operculatus operculatus in the database