Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) tetragnatha (R W Taylor)
Type location Angola ( Codiomyrmex tetragnathus, R W
Taylor, 1965: 225, illustrated, worker; collected in 1962), from where
a specimen is pictured in Hölldobler & Wilson (1990, page
107); worker only described
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Taylor's (1965) description is at -
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Bolton's modern description (1983) is at
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WORKER - TL 2.4-2.8; readily distinguished by key feature; also head
with posterior border with indented flat medial area, colour
blackish-brown to black (Bolton, 1983, illustrated head, alitrunk and
pedicel profile).
Bolton (1983: 323) includes records from Cameroun, near
Yaoundé (G. Terron), and Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson).
Room (1971) listed specimens determined as Codiomyrmex near
tetragnathus Taylor (noted as a new species) from cocoa leaf
litter at the Mampong Cemetery farm in Ghana (specimens
apparently not seen by Bolton). Since described as widespread (31
workers from 6 sites) in leaf litter in the semi-deciduous forest zone
by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b). |