The Ants of Africa
Genus Cataulacus
Cataulacus inermis Santschi

Cataulacus inermis Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaire (Cataulacus inermis n. sp., Santschi, 1924b: 218, illustrated, worker) from Kasai, Ngombe, collected by H Schouteden, 5.xi.1921- see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=rmcaent000017795

Holotype worker only (in Bolton, 1974a: 21, not illustrated) .

{Cataulacus inermis}Santschi's (1924b) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at {original description}

WORKER - diagnosis as in key; TL 6.1 mm, HL 1.5, HW 1.74, SL 0.84
Propodeum completely unarmed, propodeal dorsum transversely rugose.

Cataulacus inermisThe photomontage of a worker from Gabon is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0280805 - matches the type worker (link above)
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