Cataulacus kohli Mayr
Holotype was from Sierra
Leone (Cataulacus Kohli
nov. spec., Mayr, 1895: 127, illustrated, worker) from N'Gamie River,
Samlai Falls, collector A Mocquerys - no images on Antweb (September 2014)
junior synonyms
brazzavillensis
(Cataulacus Kohli Mayr stirps brazzavillensis n. st., Santschi,
1910c: 389, illustrated, worker & male) from Congo,
Brazzaville, collected by A. Weiss - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912561
foveolatus (Cataulacus
foveolatus n. sp., Stitz, 1910:
140) from Equatorial Guinea - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=focol2130
latipes (Cataulacus
latipes n. sp., Menozzi,
1933a: 106, illustrated, worker) from Uganda - see below
worker and male
known (see Bolton, 1995) .
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Mayr's
(1895) description is at . Santschi's (1910c)
description of brazzavillensis, with illustrations, is at . Stitz's (1910) description of foveolatus
is at . Menozzi's (1933a) description of latipes
is at ; with his illustration at .
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Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at
WORKER - TL 5.1-7.1 mm; distinguished as key features
(Bolton, 1974a: 22, illustrated, head and dorsal alitrunk).
Described as a rain forest species, most findings being
from Cameroun, Okola (C.A. Collingwood) and Nkolbisson (B. de
Miré, probably nesting on cocoa) and Zaïre (numerous).
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The
photomontage of the type worker of latipes is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905858.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Cataulacus kohli
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Cataulacus sp13
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19,v.2007
Boga
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in forest
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The
photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun, Boga; collector A
Fotso Kuate (Cataulacus sp 13).
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