Lepisiota species Cameroun Fk sp2
Type location Cameroun
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Lacking erect hairs on the scapes; TL ca 2.9 mm, HL
0.73, HW 0.58, SL 0.85, CI 78, SI 158; propodeum with short sharp
teeth, petiole with long back-curved apical spines; abundant erect
hairs; dark brown, anterior of head lighter; antennae entirely
yellow-brown, tarsi and tibia same; head with very fine surface
sculpture giving a matt appearance, alitrunk finely but densely
spiculate.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota Cameroon fk sp 2
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Lepisiota sp2
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18.v.2007
Matomb
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in mixed
crop fields
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3
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Possibly the species collected in pitfall traps, 65
individuals, in one cocoa
plot
at Nko'emvon, Cameroun, by Jackson (1984). Those were identified
by Bolton,
as the South African species Acantholepis crinita, this seems
an unlikely
identification.
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The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun, Matomb; 3°49' 0 N 11°4'0"E; highland
area elevation >500m quadrat; in mixed crop fields; 18.v.2007;
Coll. A Fotso Kuate (Lepisiota sp 2)
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