Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) decolor (Santschi) - new status

Type location Senegal (Euponera (Brachyponera) sennaarensis Mayr var. decolor nov. var., Santschi, 1921c: 114, worker) from Senegal, at Ferlo, by Claveau; and ruginota (Stitz, 1916: 372, worker) from Cameroun, collected at Yaundé, by von Sommerfeld. .

Santschi's (1921c) description of decolor is at .

Photomontage of specimens from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 113; 1-8.viii.2006; Sweep net in sesame and forest collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of specimens collected in Cameroun - south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo (McKey Wolbachia project) - Cameroon 88 from location N'koloboundé, 18 April 2001, and Cameroon 108 from location Bella, 24 April March 2001; in both cases on the soil surface in the village. Other images can be seen in the folder at -