Paratrechina gnoma LaPolla & Cheng

Type location Ghana (LaPolla & Cheng, 2010: 12, illustrated, worker), from Mankrang Forest Reserve, 11.iii.1992, R Belshaw; worker only described .

WORKER - smallest known sub-Saharan species; mostly brownish-yellow, appendages and posterior border of gaster segments lighter
TL 1.20-1.44, HL 0.36-0.38, HW 0.32-0.34, CI 85-94, SL 0.34-0.38, SI 102-115

Other examined from Ghana, Enchi, three collections, D. Leston, 23-28.v.1969; Nigeria, Onipe, 25.vii.1975, my collection but unattributed (published as Paratrechina species T¹ (Taylor, 1978: 31) and on website since 1978, posted as Paratrechina minima, 30 January 2010).

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0178758 Locality: Ghana: Mankrang Forest Reserve, nr. Akomadan; 02°13.4'S 010°24.4'E 375 m; Collected by: R. Belshaw; Habitat: primary forest, leaf litter Date: 11.iii.1992