Strumigenys londianensis (Patrizi)

Type location Kenya (Proscomyrmex londianensis, Patrizi, 1946: 295, illustrated, worker; Bolton, 1983: 377, not illustrated) .

Patrizi's (1946) description is at . Brown (1954k: 14) gave notes, these are at . Bolton's modern description (1983) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.5-4.2 mm; pronotal humeri with stout feebly clavate straight hairs; propodeum without sharp teeth; light brown, gaster darker
The specimens from Tanzania, shown below, match Patrizi's description in all ways, including the overall size, TL ca 3.0 mm (not as Bolton stated 3.5-4.2 mm), but differ in having sharp triangular teeth on the propodeum. Curiously, Brown gave a paratype as size TL 4.2 mm, HL 0.88, ML 0.45, CI 75, MI 51. The Tanzania specimens do, in my view, support Patrizi's description, even though his drawings seems a little distorted.

The photomontage is of two specimens (five in total) collected from Tanzania; Uluguru Mts., western slope between Tchenzema village and Lukwangule Plateau, 2200m; V Grebennikov, 19-21.x.2002. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The Second set of two specimens.