Cataulacus lobatus Mayr

Type location Cameroun (Cataulacus lobatus nov. spec., Mayr, 1895: 126, illustrated, worker) collected at Kriegsschiffhafen, by Brauns, 15.iii.1892; also known from Zaïre - the remains of the type worker, alitrunk only, can be seen at https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0919588; worker only known .

Mayr's (1895) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1974a) is at

WORKER - TL 6.1 mm, distinguished as in key by lobed postpetiole (Bolton, 1974a: 23, illustrated full face head and dorsal alitrunk).

It (as Cataulachus lobata) was among the non-dominant species recorded in the Cameroun forest canopy studies at Campo by Dejean and colleagues. They noted it as nesting in the middle stratum only (hollowed branches) with 12 findings on 30 trees examined (9 findings were on the tree Dialium pachyphyllum, of which 15 were examined).

The photomontage of a worker from Cameroun (label by Bolton) is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0280804