Paratrechina weissi (Santschi)

Type location Congo (Prenolepis (Nylanderia) Weissi n. sp , Santschi, 1911g: 210, worker) collected at Brazzaville, by Weiss; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1911g) description is at .

Given the availability of what appears to be a specimen from Benin, I have raised the former subspecies Paratrechina nimba to species status. Bernard's (1952) note, with description of nimba is at .

However, it has to be said that Bernard's image does not match Santschi's description, especially Santschi's comparision with Paratrechina ellisii with the profile of the alitrunk noted as like that species, e.g. the propodeum angle being rounded. The type of the latter can be seen on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101416&shot=p1&project=null where it appears to be synonymized under P. madagascarensis even though the morphology seems fairly distinctive.