Paratrechina incallida (Santschi)
Type location São Thomé I. (Prenolepis
incallida, Santschi, 1915c: 263, illustrated, worker); worker
only .
Santschi's (1915c) description is at
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Santschi's (1915c) description is -
WORKER - TL 2.2 mm; head oval. Eyes quite large, set a little
forward of midline. Clypeus convex (less so than lepida),
subcarinate, anterior border weakly but quite broadly scalloped
medially. Mandibles smooth with sparse puncturations; 6 teeth, the
third very small (albipes has four teeth). Scape
surpassing occiput by more than half its length. Thorax somewhat
elongated; pronotum wider than long, very rounded dorso-laterally;
mesonotum as long as anterior width, feebly raised posteriorly;
metanotum a little wider than long, with the spiracles quite close
and raised dorsally. Propodeum convex and very elevated; dorsum
shorter than the declivity. Petiole scale very obliquely angled
forward, summit feebly convex and wider than the base.
Colour clear red brown; gaster darker; funiculus, tibia and hind
femora clear yellow. Smooth with front of head feebly reticulate.
Shiny. Moderately abundant, brown, quite sharp, erect hairs; four
pairs of macrochaets on alitrunk; metanotum and propodeum without
hairs. Pubescence scarce except on antennae.
Holotype worker only from San Thomé. |
The
photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon; Pongara National
Park, Pointe Wingombe 0°19'336"N 9°19'102"E,
23.vii-19.viii.2006, from malaise trap at edge of forest, small
savannah area alongside the lagoon, collector Yves Braet.
Other images can be seen in the folder at -
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