Oligomyrmex (Aneleus) menozzii Ettershank

Major - Minor - Type location Fernando Po I. (Erebomyrma eidmanni, Menozzi, 1942: 170, illustrated, major, minor & queen ; replacement name menozzii Ettershank, 1966: 124); queen, major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Menozzi's (1942) description (as eidmanni) is at and .

The very small size of the specimens makes it difficult to be sure but all the minors shown below seem a reasonable match to Menozzi's description; notably the generally reduced sculpturation and shiny appearance; the small but distinct propodeal teeth; and, the relatively large domed petiole.

Oligomyrmex (Aneleus) species undet.

Formerly in my ant guide and earlier versions of this website as Oligomyrmex silvestrii but clearly not matching Santschi's description and illustration.

Minor, previously thought by me, on grounds of size, to be the major - TL 1.59 mm, HL 0.45, HW 0.36, SL 0.31, PW 0.23; now (2004) I feel that it is in a fact the minor from the long scapes - rarely reaching the mid-point of the face in the major morph of any species. The closest comparison seems to be with the minor of Oligomyrmex punctatus from Kenya, although that is about 2/3 the size; another apparently similar minor is menozzii from Fernando Po I.

Colour orange-brown. Antennae 11-segmented. Sculpturation of head a loose reticulation, dorsomedial area smooth; pronotum nearly all smooth; lateral mesonotum and propodeum punctate. Erect hairs short, fine and sparse, most being on the dorsal alitrunk. Anterior margin of pronotum well defined; promesonotum in profile near flat; propodeum on distinctly lower plane, spines well developed, upturned and triangular. Postpetiole with a flattened profile.

In Nigeria, collected from leaf litter and from under a chip of wood at CRIN (B. Bolton).

The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 124; 27.v.2006; Winkler funnel of forest soil; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 151; 17-22.v.2006; Winkler funnel of leaf litter; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at -