Paraparatrechina
subtilis (Santschi)
  Type location Senegal (Prenolepis
(Nylanderia) subtilis n. sp.,
Santschi, 1920g: 174, worker) - see below
subspecies termitophila (Prenolepis
(Nylanderia) subtilis Sants. stirps termitophila nov. st.,
Santschi,
1921c: 122, worker) from Cameroun, Douala,
collected by von Rothkirch - see below
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's
(1920g) description is at  .
Santschi's (1921c) description of termitophila is
at  . Found in a termite nest;
antennae more slender and head more rounded behind than the type.
LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher (2010) synonymized termitophila but without sighting
the type specimen. Other locations listed by them as Democratic Republic of Congo (former
Zaire) Epulu, S D Torti; Gabon,
Monts Doudou, 15.iii.2000, S van Noort; and Rwanda, Rangiro, 1.1976 &
xi.1976, P. Werner.
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 Nigeria
specimens (as Paratrechina species T²,
Taylor, 1978: 31). WORKER. TL 1.74 mm, HL 0.47, HW 0.45, SL 0.54, PW
0.28
Overall colour yellow-brown, darker on gaster, shiny.
Dense pubescence on head and gaster, both with abundant erect hairs.
Four pairs of long erect hairs in the main on the dorsal alitrunk and
two pairs of smaller hairs outside the main line on the pronotum.
Promesonotal suture distinct but not the metanotal suture.
It
nests in dead wood on the ground and in soil. Observed foraging on
cocoa, where it tends aphids and builds soil tents; also found on
coffee.
[Apparently not among material from Nigeria examined by
LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010]
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912308.
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 The
photomontage of the termitophila type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912309.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Paraparatrechina subtilis
B Taylor det.
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Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 57
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9-27.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Pointe Wingombe,
from malaise trap at edge of savannah forest
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1
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Paraparatrechina subtilis
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon
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8.viii.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Yellow tray trap at
edge of savannah
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1
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Paraparatrechina subtilis
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
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25.i.2008
Iboubikro
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E
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Site Savane
Pitfall 3
transect 2
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2
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 The photomontage is of a
specimen from Gabon;
Pongara National Park, Pointe Wingombet, collector Yves Braet (Gabon
57).
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 The photomontage
is
of a worker from Congo, Iboubikro;
collectors
Yves Braet & Eric
Zassi,
tree savannah 24 h pitfall trap.
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 Second specimen from
Congo, Iboubikro
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 The
photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent017860
Locality: Rwanda: Rangiro;
Collected by: P. Werner; ix.1976.
It is the specimen chosen by LaPolla et al. to represent the
species (mislabelled). It appears to be almost 20% larger than the
types and the fresh workers shown above.
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