The Ants of Africa
Genus Cataulacus
Cataulacus kohli Mayr
{Cataulacus kohli}

Cataulacus kohli Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Holotype was from Sierra Leone (Mayr, 1895: 127, illustrated, worker) from N'Gamie River, Samlai Falls, collector A Mocquerys ; junior synonyms brazzavillensis (Santschi, 1910c: 389, illustrated, worker & male) from Congo, Brazzaville, collected by A. Weiss; foveolatus (Stitz, 1910: 140) from Equatorial Guinea, and latipes (Menozzi, 1933a: 106, illustrated, worker) from Uganda; worker and male known (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Cataulacus kohli}Mayr's (1895) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1910c) description of brazzavillensis, with illustrations, is at {original description}. Stitz's (1910) description of foveolatus is at {original description}. Menozzi's (1933a) description of latipes is at {original description}; with his illustration at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at {original description}

WORKER - TL 5.1-7.1 mm; distinguished as key features (Bolton, 1974a: 22, illustrated, head and dorsal alitrunk).

Described as a rain forest species, most findings being from Cameroun, Okola (C.A. Collingwood) and Nkolbisson (B. de Miré, probably nesting on cocoa) and Zaïre (numerous).

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