Myrmicaria occidentalis Santschi - revived status
  Type location Ivory Coast
(Myrmicaria eumenoides Gerst.
stirps occidentalis n. st.,
Santschi,
1920i: 3, footnote, worker; raised to species Santschi, 1925c: 138) collected at
Dimbroko, by
Le Moult
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's
(1920i) description is at 
and Santschi's
(1925c) expanded description is at  .
Note: In his revision, Santschi (1925c) regarded occidentalis
as a valid species but he later listed it as "stirps" of baumi (Santschi,
1933b: 105). His description and denotation of the type location was as
a footnote
in a publication on pests of cocoa on Sâo Tomé (Santschi,
1920i). In 1925, he listed specimens from Ivory Coast (Dimbroko
by Le
Moult), and mentions only Ivory Coast in his key to subspecies. Then
(Santschi, 1933b) he listed occidentalis
specimens collected in Sierra Leone. Variations of occidentalis
worker - TL 7-7.5 mm, shiny, rugae stronger and a little less
regular; on head
more striate than rugulose. Dorsum of propodeum concave and smooth;
head longer than wide; pedicel nodes well striated dorsally. Erect
pilosity browner and a little more abundant than type. Funiculus more
slender and shorter. Otherwise perhaps simply somewhat more slender
overall.
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The photomontage of the
type worker is collated from 
Photomontage colour
adjusted to reduce the magenta tint characteristic of almost all Antweb
images.