Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz

Type location Equatorial Guinea (Cataulacus erinaceus n. sp., Stitz, 1910, illustrated; Forel, 1913h: 350, queen) collected at Alen. by Tessmann - see below
junior synonym crassispina (Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz var. crassispina n. var., 1910Santschi, 1917b, worker) from Congo, Goda, collected by P. Chaleuf - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912549
plus material of nomen nudum princeps (Emery, in Forel, 1909b: 71) from Cameroun - see below.
(see Bolton, 1995) .

Stitz's (1910) description is at and . Forel's (1913h) description of the queen is at Santschi's (1917d) description of crassispina is at Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at

WORKER - TL 8.1-9.5 mm; diagnostic features as in key; very easily recognisable from size and sculpturation (Bolton, 1974a, illustrated full-face head and dorsal alitrunk); worker only known.

Forel (1909b) recorded the finding of Cataulacus princeps Emery, from Sankuru, Zaïre, by Luja, but with no other information. Later (1915c), he recorded it from Batiamponde, Zaïre, collected by Kohl, and "under bark".

In Ghana from the Atewa Forest Reserve (C.A. Collingwood; D. Leston).

Syntypes from Cameroun, at Mundame (L. Conradt, ? in Stitz, 1910); others from Meyo (C.A. Collingwood). Also collected widely from - Liberia, at Belleyella, Degain and Du River (W.M. Mann); and eastwards to Zaïre (Bolton, 1974a).

Reported from Guinea, Mt. Nimba area, Mount Tô, four workers from station T 236, forest (Bernard (1952).

Apparently a deep forest species, known from large forest trees, and pictured in Hölldobler & Wilson (1990, page 101).

The photomontage of a cotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909222

The photomontage of the worker of princeps is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0919584.
Note. Probably collected by L Conradt, who collected a number of species in Cameroun that were described by Emery (1899e). Forel (1909b: 71) listed by name only a finding of Cataulacus princeps Emery at Sankuru, Congo, by Luja. Emery (1922f: 296) catalogued it under C. erinaceus, as "sine descr.".  The worker here is notably smaller, HW 2.11 mm, than the type form and the range given by Bolton (1974a: 52) of HW = 2.22-2.70 mm.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cataulacus erinaceus B Taylor det.	Cameroun G Debout & A Dalecky Cameroon 103	24.iv.2001 BOU 3°13.31' N 10°15.01' E	on an understorey tree	2
Cataulacus erinaceus B Taylor det.	Central African Republic P Annoyer KA	20.x.2008 Dzanga-Sangha 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E	567 m; Camp 2; 18h-23h; A la base du kungu, à 50 m du camp	2
Cataulacus erinaceus B Taylor det.	Central African Republic P Annoyer KI	21.x.2008 Dzanga-Sangha 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E	567 m; Camp 2; Nuit; Au camp	1
Cataulacus erinaceus B Taylor det.	Central African Republic P Annoyer EB	30.i.2005 Dzanga-Sangha 02°49’07.9" N 16°09’28.3" E	Camp 2; A vu : 11h-14h30, abords du camp; 377m asl	2
Cataulacus erinaceus B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Cataulacus sp10	19.v.2007 Matomb 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	Quadrat in fallow	1

The photomontage is of a worker from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR EB).

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun, Matomb; collector A Fotso Kuate (Cataulacus fk sp 10).