Psalidomyrmex feae Menozzi
Type location Principé I (Menozzi, 1922a: 349, all
forms); junior synonym var. impressa (Menozzi, 1922a: 352,
all forms)  .
Menozzi's (1922a) description is at
and  .
Bolton's modern description (1975b) is at
 .
WORKER - similar to procerus separated as in key, and at
lower end of size range
TL 10.8-12.2 mm, HL 2.08-2.36, HW 1.96-2.24, SL 1.56-1.80, PW
1.52-1.68 (Bolton, 1975b: 11, illustrated, head only).
Holotype and a few other workers, male and female from Roça
Infante Don Henrique, ii.1901, at 100-330 m, and (junior synonym
var. impressa) at 200-300 m, both by L. Fea; (Bolton,
1975b).
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- this seems nearer the Bolton separation with a rounded head
shape, red-brown colour (not black as procerus) and shiny
lobes of frontal carinae; no obvious striated sculpturation; long
antennal scapes. Otherwise possibly a new species.
Collection details - Cameroon: Prov. Sud-Ouest; Bimbia
Forest, 7.4 km 119° ESE Limbe; 03°58'55"N 009°15'45"E,
40m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF2324. Date: 14
Apr 2000. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter.
Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m.
Transect Sample No.: 45.
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