The Ants of Africa
Genus Cataulacus
Cataulacus striativentris Santschi

Cataulacus striativentris Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location Zaïre (Cataulacus wissmanni var striativentris, Santschi, 1924b: 219, worker; raised to species by Bolton, 1974a, not illustrated), collected at Ubangi, Banzyville, by R. P. Augustin; subspecies donisthorpei (Santschi, 1937a: 61, worker) from Kenya ; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1924b) description is at {original description}, Bolton commented that the comparison to wissmanni was misleading as the original description of the latter was inaccurate. Santschi's (1937a) description of donisthorpei is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at {original description}

WORKER - TL 3.6-3.7 mm; HL 0.90-0.94; HW 0.86-0.88; PW 0.70; SL 0.48; a large-eyed species, dorsum of petiole and postpetiole longitudinally rugose; first gastral tergite very densely longitudinally rugose; simple blunt erect hairs on all dorsal surfaces (Bolton, 1974a, not illustrated).

Bolton also records it from Zaïre, at Haut Uele, Moto, 1920, by L. Burgeon.
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