The Ants of Africa
Genus Strumigenys
Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown
{Strumigenys tetraphanes}

Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Uganda (Brown, 1954k: 30, worker); worker only described .

Brown's (1954k) description is at {original description} and {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1983) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 2.0-2.2 mm; very distinctive greatly expanded antennal scapes; unusually large upper tooth on apical fork to mandible; colour brown (Bolton, 1983: 395, illustrated full-face view).

In Cameroun, at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) and near Yaoundé (G. Terron); also from Gabon (Bolton, 1983).

{Strumigenys tetraphanes}The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 196; 17-22.v.2006; Winkler Funnel extraction of leaf litter. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}.

{Strumigenys tetraphanes}The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 153; 17-22.v.2006; Winkler Funnel extraction of leaf litter; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}.

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