The Ants of Africa
Genus Anochetus
Anochetus pellucidus Emery

Anochetus pellucidus Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location Cameroun (Emery, 1902c: 14, worker - paper incorrectly referenced in Bolton, 1995) collected by Conradt
junior synonym aurifrons (Santschi, 1910c: 351, worker) from Congo, Brazzaville, by A. Weiss
worker only described (Brown, 1978: 558; Bolton, 1995) .


Emery's (1902c) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1910c) description is at {original description}. Brown's (1978) description is at {original description}.

The males shown below are a first record aand are assumed to be this species by the overall appearance and colourr.


{Anochetus pellucidus} Nigeria specimens (Taylor, 1976: 15). WORKER. TL 5.07 mm, HL 1.09, HW 1.09, SL 1.09 and PW 0.59
Colour golden-yellow, with a shiny transparent cuticle. Head very finely striate, most noticeably on the dorsum. Alitrunk spiculate especially on the propodeum. Petiolar node a scale with a transversely rectangular apex. Eyes large, length 0.28 mm.
I collected it nesting in debris in a cocoa jorquette at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre.

Bernard (1952) recorded a single specimen from Guinea; from Nimba, Camp IV, 1000 m (Lamotte, vi-1942), with a slightly bifid dorsal margin to the petiole.

From Nigeria, Brown (1978c) examined a single worker from in a cocoa tree trunk at CRIN (B. Bolton),

In Ghana, collected by pyrethrum knockdown at Kade by Majer (1975, 1976b), with 27-33 workers per sample. Found in six of Room's (1971) collections from cocoa canopy in southern Ghana. Seven workers were collected by pkd from two areas of the canopy, and one worker from the ground, in a block of Amelonado cocoa by Bigger (1981a). Brown (1978c) had examined specimens from 9-10 km north of Takoradi (2 workers, E.S. Ross and R.E. Leech), Adeiso, pkd (3 workers, D. Leston) and CRIG, from under cocoa bark (1 worker, B. Bolton).

Cameroun specimens seen by Brown (1978c) came from Ekok, 30 km east of Tekmo (E.S. Ross and K. Lorenzen). He also reported findings from Banco Forest, Ivory Coast (1 worker running on a large rotten log in primary forest, W.L. Brown); Zaïre and Gabon.


{Anochetus pellucidus}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903982


Oxford University Museum specimens

Anochetus pellucidus
B Taylor det.

Congo
E Zassi
09-t-2

6-7.ii.2008
Lésio-Louna
03°20'12.0" S
015°28'43.6" E
Village Mah; 24h pitfall trap 1
{album}
Anochetus pellucidus
B Taylor det.
Male
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 240
9-25.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
Pointe Wingombe; malaise trap under trees
1
{album}
Anochetus pellucidus
B Taylor det.
Male
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 239
11-19.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
Kengere; malaise trap under mangroves 1
{album}

{Anochetus pellucidus}The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna,  collected by Eric Zassi.


{Anochetus pellucidus male}The photomontage is of a possible male from Gabon, Pongara National Park, collector Yves Braet (Gabon 234).

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