The Ants of Africa
Genus Oligomyrmex
Oligomyrmex (Aeneleus) diabolus Santschi
{Oligomyrmex diabolus}

Oligomyrmex (Aeneleus) diabolus Santschi

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Santschi, 1913e: 459, name & main features in key- see above; Santschi, 1914d: 355, illustrated, major & minor) from Victoria, collector F. Silvestri; major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914d) description is at {original description} and {original description}.

{Oligomyrmex diabolus}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0409323
Collection details - Locality: Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré; Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga; 03°00'18"N 016°11'36"E, 420m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF4100. Date: 10-17 May 2001. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample No.: 08.

{Oligomyrmex diabolus}The photomontage is of a major specimen from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens, 2006. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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