Tetramorium peutli Forel

Type location Zaïre (Tetramorium guineense F. r. peutli n. stirps, Forel, 1916: 419, worker & queen) collected at St. Gabriel, by H Kohl; worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1916) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.9-3.5 mm; distinguished by its reduced or absent postpetiolar sculpture. All dorsal surfaces with numerous erect strong hairs. Colour of head, alitrunk and pedicel bright orange or orange-brown, gaster much darker, blackish-brown or black (Bolton, 1980: 272, illustrated).

Bolton (1980) listed findings from Ivory Coast, at Banco Forest (W.L. Brown) and Tai Forest (T. Diomande).

From Ghana, at Mt. Atewa (B. Bolton), Kukuruntami, Sajimasi and Numia (D. Leston) (Bolton, 1980) Later described as widespread in leaf litter (28 workers from 6 sites) by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

Also from Gabon (Makokou, by I. Lieberburg), Zaïre (Yangambi, by N.H.L. Krauss; and Epulu, by J.C. Bradley) and Angola.

The photomontage of the worker from Gabon (listed by Bolton, 1980) is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901231.
The type worker can be seen at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909111.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium peutli B Taylor det.	Cameroun G Debout & A Dalecky Cameroon 62	10.iv.2001 IPE 2°36.21' N 9°50.52' E	in caulinary domatia of Leonardoxa africana africana	2
Tetramorium peutli B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Tetramorium spA	17.vii.2007 Awae IV 03°54'30" N 11°25'58"	Quadrat in forest	1

The photomontages are of workers collected in Cameroun - south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo (McKey Wolbachia project, Cameroon 61 from location IPE)

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun; Awae II; collector  Fotso Kuate (fk tetramorium sp A).