Cataulacus weissi Santschi
  Type location Congo
(Cataulacus Weissi n. sp.,
Santschi, 1913c: 310, worker; Forel, 1916: 427, queen & male)
collected at Brazzaville, by A. Weiss, 1907 - see below
junior synonyms
plectroniae
(Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi variety plectroniae new
variety, Wheeler, 1922: 199, worker; synonymy Bolton, 1974a: 39) from Zaïre
- no images on Antweb (September 2014)
aethiops (Cataulacus
jeanneli Sants. v. aethiops n. var., Santschi, 1924b: 220,
worker; synonymy Bolton, 1982: 358) from Zaïre,
collected at Kidada-Kitabola by H. Schouteden, and Burumbu by Bequaert
- see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912574
all forms known (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's (1913c) description is at  . Forel's (1916) description of the queen
and male is at  . Santschi's (1924b) description of aethiops
is at  , Bolton's modern
description (1974a) is at  . Bolton (1982) simply
had "syn. n." with no comment.
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Also with a scarce but wide
distribution across West African forests, with records from Ivory
Coast, Banco Forest (W.L.Brown) and Ghana (D. Leston)
(Bolton, 1974a).
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912573
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 Wheeler (1922)
described variety plectroniae from
Stanleyville, Zaïre, collected by Lang & Chapin, two dozen
specimens from the cavities of a species of Plectronia.
Bequaert (1922, p 467) also noted its being found in Randia
myrmecophila. Another record is of it nesting in myrmecophilous
plants, notably in the swollen, hollow stems of Rothmannia sp.
of Rubiaceae (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990, page 538).
The photomontage is collated from http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=9230&-Find
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Cataulacus weissi
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 39
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9-27.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Pointe Wingombe;
forest edge Malaise trap
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1
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Cataulacus weissi
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Cataulacus sp11
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18.v.2007
Matomb
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in fallow
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun, Matomb; collector A
Fotso Kuate (Cataulacus sp 11).
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 The photomontage is of
an alate queen from Gabon;
Pongara National Park, Pointe Wingombe; collector Yves Braet (Gabon
39).
Apparently somewhat smaller than that given by Bolton
(1974a).
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