Paratrechina
jaegerskioeldi (Mayr)
 Iran list  Type location Egypt
(Prenolepis jaegerskioeldi nov. spec., Mayr, 1904b: 8, worker;
Emery, 1910a: 130, queen & male) Cairo. At present (May 2015) the
Mayr type is not available on Antweb.
junior synonyms
borcardi
(Prenolepis (Nylanderia)
Jaegerskioeldi Mayr var. Borcardi,
nov., Santschi, 1908: 533, illustrated male genitalia; all forms;
synonymy Santschi, 1938a: 43) - Bolton
has type location as "North Africa" but M Borcard collected ants in
Cairo, Egypt - see below.
traegaordhi (Prenolepis
traegaordhi n. sp. Forel, 1904h: 14, worker & male) South Sudan, Ghrab el Aish, north of
Fashoda, White Nile - see below.
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 Mayr's (1904b)
description is at 
and  . Forel's (1904h)
description of traegaordhi is
at  . Santschi's (1908) description of borcardi
is at  . Emery (1910a: 130) gave an
illustrated description, this is at  .
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Note LaPolla,
Hawkes & Fisher
(2011: 12) state they have synonymized P. traegaordhi, Paratrechina weissi, Paratrechina nimba and Paratrechina zelotypa
under jaegerskioeldi.
This I believe to be wrong
other than for the first.
They did not examine the types from Egypt but claim "this is a broadly
defined species with a range of color, size and setation observed".
For illustration they chose CASENT0179587 from Kenya, which I regard as
zelotypa. They
list
specimens from the Central African Republic as the only other modern
African specimens they sighted.
Comparing the type images and the modern specimens from
Egypt and Sudan (see below) I agree that P. traegaordhi and P. borcardi appear to be true
junior synonyms of jaegerskioeldi.
Paratrechina zelotypa,
as shown on my page for that species, is both smaller and has a
different alitrunk profile
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 The
photomontage of the borcardi type
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910993.
This, like the traegaordhi
type shown below, is matched by the modern specimens from Egypt and
Sudan, although (assuming the Antweb scale is accurate) it is slightly
smaller.
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 The
photomontage of the traegaordhi
type is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910994.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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23.iii.2003
Sallant Mansurah
31°10' N
31°35' E
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Hand collected
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3
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
28.iii.2003
Sallant Mansurah
31°10' N
31°35' E
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Hand collected |
1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
13.vi.2003
Abuzabal
30°15' N
31°21' E
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Qaliobyia
Hand collected |
2
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
21.vi.2003
Abuzabal
30°15' N
31°21' E
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Qaliobyia
Hand collected |
1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
26.viii.2003
Port Said
31°16' N
32°18' E
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Hand collected |
1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
17.viii.2007
Marsa Matrouh
31°21' N
27°14' E
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Kaseh Tourist Village
Hand collected |
1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
Awatif Omer
2013.02.07
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2013
Abu Hijar
12˚52' N
34˚0' E
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1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Benin
S Tchibozo
Benin 7
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27.viii.2006
Bonou
06°50-55' N
02°20-30'E
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Forêt de
Gnanhouizoumè, Pitfall trap
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1
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Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi
B Taylor det. |
Iran
Torabi
25
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05.vii.2014
29.62551°N
52.55899°E
1545 m
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Hafezieh, Shiraz
hand collected
garden, under tree
12:54 h
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2
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 The photomontage is
of workers from Egypt, Sallant
Mansurah;
collector Mostafa Sharaf.
TL ca 3.7 (distended gaster) HW 0.78 HL 0.88 EL 0.21 SL
0.87 PW 0.60 CI 94 SI 115
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 The photomontage is
of a worker from Sallant Mansurah, E
31°35' N 31°10'; 28.iii.2003,
collected by Mostafa Sharaf.
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 The photomontage is
of a worker from Sudan, collected by Awatif Omer (2013.2.7) .
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 Speculatively
the photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Bonou,
Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè, 06°50-55 N
02°20-30'E; Pitfall trap; collector S Tchibozo; 27.viii.2006.
Dimensions: TL 3.3 HW 0.92 HL 0.92 SL 0.9 EL 0.23 PW
0.52 CI 100 SI 100 EI 25
Egyptian jaegerskioledi:
TL ca 3.7 (distended gaster) HW 0.78 HL 0.88 EL 0.21 SL 0.87 PW 0.60 CI
94 SI 115 EI 27
This has a square not rectangular head and relatively
much shorter scapes; although numerous, the erect hairs on the scape
are
mostly very short, hardly more than erect pubescence; erect hairs on
the head and alitrunk dorsum are of the same order of abundance but are
finer and shorter' the overall colouration, especially the head and
gaster is darker brown; the propodeum profile is higher with a narrower
curve from dorsum to declivity.
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 The
photomontage is
of a queen from Egypt, Sallant
Mansurah;
collector Mostafa Sharaf.
Egypt jaegerskioeldi
queen TL 7.8 (more distended gaster) HW 1.0, HL 0.97, SL 1.03, EL
0.35, PW 1.2, CI 103, SI 103, EI 35, Wing length 5.5
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 he
photomontage is
of a male from Egypt, Sallant Mansurah;
collector. The genitalia match the Santschi
(1908) illustration and both the overall form and the genitalia match
the specimen from Kenya shown in LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher (2100).
TL ca 3.2 mm
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