Cyphoidris spinosa Weber

Type location Zaďre (C. spinosus, Weber, 1952: 26, illustrated, worker), pictured by Hölldobler & Wilson (1990, page 103), 15 miles north of Beni, Ituri Forest, 25.ii.1948, N A Weber.
Also known from Ivory Coast, at Agboville (I. Löbl); and Angola; worker only described. .

Weber's (1952) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at

A leaf litter inhabiting species of the forest zone.

WORKER - TL 3.8-4.3 mm; basal half of first gastral tergite unsculptured except for hair pits. Dorsal alitrunk with abundant conspicuous short decumbent hairs. Colour dark reddish brown to black (Bolton, 1981b, illustrated, full-face view, full body profile).

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005905.
Collection details - Gabon: Woleu-Ntem; 31.3 km 108° ESE Minvoul; 02°04'48"N 012°24'24"E, 600m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF1684. Date: 11 Feb 1998. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m. Transect Sample No.: 12.