Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi

Type location Zaïre (Santschi, 1923e: 282, worker), collected at Manyema, Niemba-Tengo by Gérard; junior synonyms cataractae (Arnold, 1926: 283, worker) from Zimbabwe, litoralis (Arnold, 1948: 221, worker) from South Africa and punctatus (Weber, 1952: 24, illustrated, worker) from Kenya; worker and possible female known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's description (1923e: 282, worker, my translation) is
WORKER - TL 3.4 mm. Very similar in colour and aspect to C. nummuliticus but differing as follows - Head and thorax more distinctly longitudinally striated. The hairs, which are very swollen, are "piriforme" (?like peppers?) and not circular like those of nummuliticus. The head is not so wide behind and the thorax also is narrower. The propodeum dorsum is more transversely concave and more strongly bordered, finely granulated, rugose, whereas it is grossly rugose in nummuliticus. The petiole is a little higher than the postpetiole and more rounded, a little shorter than in nummuliticus. The postpetiole is more than twice as wide as long but noticeably shorter than in nummuliticus. A single worker only seen.

Arnold's (1926) description of cataractae is at . Arnold's (1948) description of litoralis is at . Weber's (1952) description of punctatus is at . Bolton's modern description (1987) is at

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0406908
Locality: Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré; Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE Bayanga; 03°02'00"N 016°24'36"E 510m Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF4000. Date: 1-7 May 2001. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample No.: 40.