Cataulacus centrurus Bolton
Type location Cameroun; known solely from holotype worker,
collected at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson, 1979) (Bolton, 1982)
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Bolton's description is at
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WORKER - TL 3.9 mm; diagnostic features as in key; stalked
sub-orbicular cephalic hairs; simple pilosity of alitrunk and
gaster is long and conspicuous; closely related to the smaller
moloch (Bolton, 1982: 359, illustrated, profile of head
alitrunk and pedicel, worker). |
The photomontages are of specimens collected in Cameroun -
south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and
Campo (McKey Wolbachia project) - Cameroon 81 from
location BOU, 18 April 2001, on Alchornea species in the
edge vegetation. These specimens seem smaller than the single
example described by Bolton (1982) but show the consistent
difference to the
Cataulacus
moloch specimens I collected in Nigeria - notably the
petiole shape and generally longer (short) hairs on the alitrunk
and especially the gaster, whilst the hairs on the face are stubby
perhaps not "sub-orbicular". Other images can be seen in
the folder at -
Specimen 1 |