Pyramica (Serrastruma) new species Cameroon 113

Type location Cameroon - previously placed by me under Pyrmica concolor .

WORKER - TL 1.96 mm, HL 0.45, HW 0.36, SL 0.26, PW 0.25
Entire body, except the gaster and central area of lateral mesonotum, reticulopunctate, coarsest on the head. Erect hairs few, most being on the gaster, relatively long, narrow and clavate. Appressed narrow clavate hairs on the dorsal head and alitrunk. Long sinuous hairs at the humeral angles and on the head above the eyes. Colour dull yellow to yellowish-brown.
TL 1.9-2.3; larger and less pilose than lujae (Bolton, 1983: 349, illustrated).

The photomontage is of specimens collected in Cameroun - south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo (McKey Wolbachia project) - Cameroon 113 from location KIEN, 25 March 2001 (Kienké - swamp/river alongside plantations at 2°52.02' N 9°59.13'; marshy land); from on Leonardoxa africana africana. Other images can be seen in the folder at .