Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel
  Type location Angola
(Cataulacus brevisetosus n.
sp., Forel 1901d: 305, worker) - see below
junior synonyms
meduseus (Cataulacus
meduseus n. sp., Santschi,
1939b: 245, worker) from South Africa - no images on Antweb (September 2014)
plebeja (Cataulacus
pygmaeus André stirps lujae For. var. plebeja n.
var., Santschi, 1916b:
508, worker) from Zimbabwe - see www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912545
worker and queen (?) only described
(Bolton, 1974a: 31, illustrated).  .
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 Forel's
(1901d) description is at  . Santschi's (1916b) description of plebeja
is at  . Santschi's (1939b)
description of meduseus is at  .
Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at  . Note - the separation off by Bolton
(1982) of the specimens of Cataulacus lujae
and Cataulacus
jeanneli, with their junior synonyms, suggests that the
illustration he provided as "brevisetosus" (1976, figs 17 &
20) may not actually be this species. The workers from Cameroun and
Gabon (identified by Bolton), shown
below, however, do appear to match the drawing. The males of jeanneli from Tanzania show the
strong longitudinal rugae on the pedicel segments that were drawn by
Santschi. A point of separation not otherwwise mentioned is that the
femora on brevisetosus appear
only weakly scuptured, whilst those on the male jeanneli have marked longitudinal
rugae
WORKER - TL 2.7-4.0 mm (Forel gave TL 3 mm).
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909232
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Cataulacus brevisetosus
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Cataulacus spA
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20.ix.2007
Boga
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in fallow
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1
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Cataulacus brevisetosus
B Taylor det. |
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
SLAM 2
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6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
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SLAM trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
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6
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun, Boga; collector A
Fotso Kuate (Cataulacus sp A).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Liberia, Yekepa Camp 4;
collector E Poiriet (Camp 4 SLAM 2).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217820
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