Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev

Type location Uganda (Karavaiev, 1931d: 47, illustrated, worker; type location wrongly given as Kenya by Bolton, 1981b); junior synonyms beni (Weber, 1952: 20, worker) and primus (Weber, 1952: 19, worker) from Zaïre, mbomu (Weber, 1952: 19, worker) from Central African Republic, and myersi (Weber, 1941a: 190, illustrated, worker; Weber, 1952: 18, queen) from Sudan. Described by Bolton as widespread in woodlands and forest virtually throughout sub-Saharan Africa (Bolton, 1981b) .

Karavaiev's (1931d) description is at . Weber's (1941a) description of myersi is at . Weber (1952) provided a fresh description, with those of myersi and the subspecies; these are at and . Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at .

WORKER - Of a similar size to orbiceps, TL 2.7-3.4 m; but separable by its relatively small eyes, and a pair of acute teeth or short broad spines on the pronotum. Colour varying from orange-brown to blackish brown (Bolton, 1981b, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel only).

Collections in Ghana include those at Kibi (D. Leston) and Mt. Atewa (B. Bolton) (Bolton, 1981b); and leaf litter collections at 9 locations, 79 workers, in the semi-deciduous forest zone by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

Also from Cameroun, collected at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) (Bolton, 1981b).

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0402530
Central African Republic; Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE Bayanga; 03°02'00"N 016°24'36"E; 510 m; Collection Information: Collected by: B.L.Fisher; Habitat: rainforest Date: 1-7 May 2001; Method: EC19 sifted litter Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample