Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi

Type location Uganda (Menozzi, 1933: 99, illustrated, queen); (see Bolton, 1995) .

Reported as queen only (Bolton, 1974b: 334, not illustrated). Bolton & Brown (2002) presumably having seen workers, although they do not say so, incorporated this species in a key to workers. It appears that the species is similar to subterranea but smaller, colour dark red. I find the situation confusing, as Bolton (1974b) originally had subterranea as from Ivory Coast, as well as Malawi and Zimbabwe. Now the new key (Bolton & Brown, 2002) has subterranea only from Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Namibia; but has these new records of ugandensis from West Africa.

Menozzi's description is on and . Bolton's modern description (1974b) is at .

Holotype queen, collected at Bussu, Uganda, by E. Bayon.

Bolton (1974b) had a questionable finding from Zaire, Coquilhatville, of two queens which he felt were ugandensis, although the original Uganda holotype appears to have been lost.

Bolton & Brown (2002) reported findings from Ivory Coast, Tai Forest, by T. Diomande; and Cameroun, nr Yaoundé, by G. Terron, and Nzi, by A. Dejean. Their key separates workers, so, presumably, despite there being no description, these records refer to workers.

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003114. The specimen is from Zaïre, Epulu, 01°23'N 28°35'E, xi.1995, S D Torti, ANTC1035; 750m, sifted litter, rain forest