Pseudolasius weissi Santschi
  Type location Congo
(Pseudolasius Weissi, n. sp.,
Santschi, 1910c: 391, illustrated, worker & queen), collected at
Brazzaville, by A. Weiss
junior synonyms
bayonii (Pseudolasius
Bayonii n. sp.,
Menozzi, 1924b: 224, illustrated, soldier; Menozzi, 1933a: 114,
worker) from Uganda - see below
bucculentus (Pseudolasius
bucculentus n. sp.,
Wheeler, 1922: 222, illustrated, major & minor, male; synonymy
LaPolla, 2004: ) from Zaïre, Medje, Lang & Chapin - no images on Antweb (June 2014).
myersi (Pseudolasius
myersi spec. nov., Weber,
1943c: 389, illustrated, worker; synonymy by Brown, 1957h: 146) from Sudan - no images on Antweb (June 2014).
occipitalis
(Weber & Anderson, 1950: 2, illustrated, soldier &
worker; synonymy by Brown, 1957h: 146) from Uganda - no images on Antweb (June 2014).
sordidus (Pseudolasius
Weissi Sants. v. sordida
n. var., Santschi,
1914d: 378, worker; Wheeler, 1922: 219, illustrated, queen) from Ghana,
collected at Aburi by F. Silvestri, in 1913) - see below.
worker and queen
described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Santschi's
(1910c) description is on  . Santschi (1914d) noted sordidus
as being dull yellow as opposed to orange yellow for the type,
mandibles with 7 teeth, eyeless, scape just surpassing the occiput and
mesonotum profile flatter, otherwise as type; 4 workers.
Wheeler's (1922) descriptions of the
Congo Basin species is at  .
Wheeler (1922) listed a finding of sordidus from
Akenge, Zaïre, by Lang & Chapin, all specimens taken from
the stomachs of toads. Santschi (1935) recorded 2 workers from Wombali,
Zaïre, by P. Vanderijst, 9.vii.1923, as being close to weissi
but with the head with stronger rugae.
Bernard (1952) recorded numerous eyeless workers, of
variety "sordida", were found among scrub at the Nion crest,
1300 m, in Guinea.
The major, TL around 3.5 mm, has a large heart-shaped
head; the minor, TL perhaps 2.5 mm, head being much less indented
posteriorly and straight-sided; the major thorax also is markedly
humped (Wheeler, 1922).
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 The
photomontage of the type major is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912328
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 The
photomontage of the type minor is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912329
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 The
photomontage of the sordida
type, clearly a small minor (compared to the
type minor above) is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912330
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Pseudolasius bayonii Menozzi
Type location Uganda
(Pseudolasius Bayonii n. sp.,
Menozzi, 1924b: 224, illustrated, soldier; Menozzi, 1933a: 114,
worker) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912317
junior synonyms
myersi (Pseudolasius
myersi spec. nov., Weber,
1943c: 389, illustrated, worker; synonymy by Brown, 1957h: 146) from Sudan
occipitalis
(Weber & Anderson, 1950: 2, illustrated, soldier &
worker- unavailable in HNS; synonymy by Brown, 1957h: 146) from Uganda
worker and
soldier described (see Bolton, 1995) .
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 Menozzi's
(1924b) description is on  . Menozzi (1933a: 114) gave further notes,
these are at  . Weber's (1943c)
description of myersi is on 
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 Weber & Anderson's
(1950)
description of myersi occipitalis is on 
Having examined the original specimens, Brown (1957h:
146)
synonymised the Weber species, and noted that the race occipitalis appeared
from the [Weber & Anderson, 1950] description to be nothing more
than the major of
the species, normally with 6 mandibular teeth counting the large apical
tooth which Menozzi "may have excluded". 
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 The
photomontage is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0406725
Collection details - Central African Republic: Prefecture
Sangha-Mbaéré; Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE
Bayanga; 03°02'00"N 016°24'36"E, 510m. Collection Information:
Collection codes: BLF4000. Date: 1-7 May 2001. Collected by:
B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect
Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m. Transect Sample No.: 50.
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