Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi

Type location Kenya (Cataulacus jeanneli n. sp., Santschi, 1914b: 108, illustrated, worker) from Gazi, coastal area, xi.1911, collectors Alluaud & Jeannel - see below
junior synonyms
degener (Cataulacus pygmaeus stirps degener, Santschi, 1916b: 506, worker) from Angola (no location given by Santschi) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912559
loveridgei (janneli var loveridgei, Santschi, 1926b: 244, worker) from Tanzania, Morogoro, A Loveridge, 22.xi.1917 - no images on Antweb (September 2014)
worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at . Santschi's (1916b) description of degener is at . Santschi's (1926b) description of loveridgei is at .

WORKER - diagnosis as key, HW < 0.80.

Also listed by Bolton (Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, sp. rev., 1982: 358, not illustrated, and not described) as known from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroun, and East and South Africa. Separated from Cataulacus brevisetosus as being smaller, HW < 0.80. Bolton's (1974a: 31) description of the latter included jeanneli specimens.

Both the males shown below have the strong longitudinal rugae on the pedicel segments shown by Santschi.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912558,

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cataulacus jeanneli B Taylor det. male

Tanzania G McGavin tree 2-18

8.iv.1995 Mkomazi 4°02.37' S 37°49.34' E

pkd collection from Combretum molle

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The photomontage is of a male from Tanzania, Mkomazi; collector G C McGavin (Tree 2/18)

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0178289, where it appears as Cataulacus lujae; but it clearly matches the type description by Santschi for jeanneli