Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling
  Type location Cameroun (A.
calpocalycolus; Snelling, 1992a: 96, fully illustrated, major and
minor workers; re-spelt by Bolton, 1995), collected from Bayenti, north
of Nguti, Southwest Province (D. McKey, 26.xi.1989); holotype and 26
paratype workers from internodes of the plant Calpocalyx species
(Snelling, 1992a)  .
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 Snelling's (1992a)
illustrated description is at  .
WORKER - TL 3.88-7.03 mm; variations considerable from
other
two species and given above; also head distinctly longer than broad in
all sizes, and with fully erect hairs on the mesonotal dorsum, plus
abundant appressed pubescence, especially on gastral tergites;
sculpturation on front of head of very fine close striae and sparse
fine punctures; colour very dark reddish-brown, clypeus and adjacent
areas of face lighter.
Snelling described the antenna as having a 7-segmented
funiculus (flagellum) "without differentiated apical club". The worker
shown below has a quite distinct club.
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The
photomontage of a paratype worker is collated from the Antweb.org
site
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