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Distribution Records - Gabon

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Subfamily Species Author year location Collector Habits
AENICTINAE Aenictus decolor Gotwald 1976b Makokou W A Gotwald oberavtions of colonies
AENICTINAE Aenictus gabonensis Santschi 1917a Lamborene F Faure queen (new description)
AENICTINAE Aenictus weissi Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure queen
AMBLYOPONINAE Concoctio concenta Brown 1974d ? ? new species, holotype worker & queen
AMBLYOPONINAE Concoctio concenta Taylor 2005w Estuaire, NNW of Libreville B L Fisher worker; sifted leaf litter in coastal rainforest
AMBLYOPONINAE Prionopelta aethiopica Taylor 2005w Monts Doudou B L Fisher worker; sifted leaf litter, rainforest
CERAPACHYINAE Cerapachys foreli Santschi 1915c Samkita F Faure 1 queen (new description); redesignated as santschii by Wheeler (1922)
CERAPACHYINAE Cerapachys foreli santschii Wheeler 1922x Samkita F Faure new variety, worker
CERAPACHYINAE Simopone schoutedeni Taylor 2005w Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher worker; ground foraging
DOLICHODERINAE Axinidris murielae Taylor 2005w Monts Doudou, 25 Km NW of Doussala B L Fisher worker; collected by beating rainforest vegetation
DOLICHODERINAE Axinidris parvus Taylor 2005w Monts Doudou, 25 Km NW of Doussala B L Fisher worker; collected by beating rainforest vegetation
DOLICHODERINAE Technomyrmex andrei Emery 1899e Ogooue A Mocquerys new species, holotype worker
DOLICHODERINAE Technomyrmex mayri ??? Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker (dubious identification as Madagascar species)
DOLICHODERINAE Technomyrmex pilipes Forel 1901h   Dinklage queen
DORYLINAE Dorylus (Al.) atriceps Santschi 1923e Samkito (Gabon-Cameroun border) F Faure/Cottes  
DORYLINAE Dorylus (Al.) atriceps Emery 1895j Ogooue A Mocquerys one male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) arcens Wheeler 1922xr ? ? ?
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) atratus Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) burmeisteri Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) burmeisteri rubellus Savage 1849c Gabon River J O Westwood new species, workers
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) nigricans Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) nigricans Santschi 1910c Cap Lopez A Weiss male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) opacus Forel 1911h   F Faure new description, male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (An.) rufescens Santschi 1915c Samkita F Faure 3 queens (new description); with workers & larvae
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) affinis Forel 1901h   Dinklage male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) affinis Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) affinis Santschi 1910c Cap Lopez A Weiss male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) affinis Forel 1901h   Dinklage male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) affinis brevinodosus Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) gribodoi Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (D.) spininodis Taylor 2006w Estuaire, Pongara National Park ex Yves Braet major & media workers from in nest of sea turtle, Dermochelya coriacea; 20.ii.2006
DORYLINAE Dorylus (R.) fimbriatus Wheeler 1922xr ? ? ?
DORYLINAE Dorylus (R.) fuscipennis Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys male
DORYLINAE Dorylus (R.) savagei Emery 1895j ? ? new species, holotype male
FORMICINAE Anoplolepis opaciventris Emery 1899e   L Conradt new species, 2 queens
FORMICINAE Aphomomyrmex afer Snelling 1979b Makokou I Lieberburg 1 queen
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) gabonensis Santschi 1926c Samkita F Faure new species, workers & queen
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus meinerti Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers & queen
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus meinerti Mayr 1895x   H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Mayr 1895x   H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri pax Santschi 1926c   F Faure workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmoxygenys) caesar Emery 1899e ? Staudinger & Bang-Haas new description, queen
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) aequatorialis Roger 1863x Gabon R Paris Museum new species, major
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) brutus Forel 1886f   M Buchner 1 major
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) brutus Forel 1901h Ssibanga; Sette Soyaux; Hupfer workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) brutus lycurgus Emery 1899e Ogoue A Mocquerys workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) maculatus cognatus Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) pompeius Forel 1886f   Buttner new species, soldiers & workers
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanae.) pompeius marius Emery 1899e ? Staudinger & Bang-Haas 1 worker
FORMICINAE Oecophylla longinoda Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers & queen
FORMICINAE Oecophylla longinoda Menozzi 1926a Port Gentil E Zavattari 1 queen
FORMICINAE Phasmomyrmex buchneri Mayr 1895x   H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Phasmomyrmex buchneri Andre 1892a ? ? 1 worker
FORMICINAE Phasmomyrmex paradoxus Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
FORMICINAE Phasmomyrmex paradoxus Andre 1892a ? ? new species, holotype worker
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis concava Andre 1892a ? ? 1 worker
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis decemdentata Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers & queen
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis gagates obsidiana Emery 1921e ? ? new ssp, 1 worker
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis laboriosa Mayr 1895x Cape Lopez H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers & queen
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens Mayr 1895x   H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens Forel 1901h Ssibange Soyaux workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis revoili Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys workers & queen
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis schistacea Bolton 1973b Libreville A Tinant workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis schistacea rugulosa Mayr 1895x   H Brauns workers
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis sulcata Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys new species, holotype queen
FORMICINAE Santschiella kohli Taylor 2005w Monts Doudou S van Noort worker; from low canopy in rainforest
MYRMICINAE Ankylomyrmex coronacantha Taylor 2005w 25.2 km N of Doussala B L Fisher worker; from beating low vegetation
MYRMICINAE Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Taylor 2005w Woleu_Ntem B L Fisher minor worker; from a rotten log, 10.ii.1998
MYRMICINAE Atopomyrmex mocquerysi Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys queen
MYRMICINAE Baracidris sitra Bolton 1981b Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra new species, holotype worker; from leaf litter
MYRMICINAE Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton 1981a Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra 1 worker
MYRMICINAE Calyptomyrmex foreli pusillus Santschi 1915c   F Faure as new species, 1 worker
MYRMICINAE Calyptomyrmex stellatus Santschi 1915c   F Faure new species, 1 worker
MYRMICINAE Cardiocondyla emeryi Taylor 2005w Moukalaba-Dougoua S van Noort workers; from sweep of savannah grasses
MYRMICINAE Cardiocondyla shuckardi sculptior Santschi 1926a Sam Kita F Faure new variety, worker
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus guineensis Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus huberi Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys new description, queen
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Atop.) jullieni Santschi 1910c   A Jullien workers, dark variety
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (C.) incorrecta Santschi 1917b   F Faure as new stirps, 1 worker, 1914
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (N.) stadelmanni Delage-Darchen 1972b Makokou area B Delage-Darchen study of larvae from several colonies
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaer.) gabonensis Emery 1899e ? Staudinger & Bang-Haas new species, holotype worker
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaer.) rugosa Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys new species, holotype worker
MYRMICINAE Cyphoidris spinosa Taylor 2005w Woleu_Ntem B L Fisher worker; rain forest leaf litter
MYRMICINAE Dicroaspis laevidens Bolton 1981a Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Meranoplus clypeatus Taylor 2005w Reserve de Monts Doudou S van Noort worker; from sweep of low canopy in rainforest
MYRMICINAE Meranoplus nanus Andre 1892a   A Mocquerys new species, workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium captator Bolton 1987x Libreville F Brunck workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium cryptobium Bolton 1987x Ile aux Singes J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium draxocum Bolton 1987x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium exiguum faurei Santschi 1915c Samkita F Faure new variety, several workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium gabrielense Bolton 1987x Ile aux Singes J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium leopoldinum explorator Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure new variety, worker
MYRMICINAE Monomorium spectrum Bolton 1987x Makokou; Plateau d'Ipassa I Lieberburg; J A Barra new species, holotype & 8 paratype workers,x.1972; 4 workers
MYRMICINAE Monomorium strangulatum Bolton 1987x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Myrmicaria opaciventris Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker & queen
MYRMICINAE Pheidole minima faurei Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure new variety, worker & queen
MYRMICINAE Pheidole punctulata Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
MYRMICINAE Pristomyrmex africanus Bolton 1981b Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Pristomyrmex orbiceps Bolton 1981b Plateau d'Ipassa; Makokou J A Barra; W H Gotwald workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Cladarogenys) lasia Brown 1976b Makokou I Lieberburg new species, holotype worker; rainforest leaf litter, ix-xii-1972
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Epitritus) anorbicula Bolton 2000x Gabon Estuary B L Fisher new species; rainforest leaf litter; 24.ii.1998
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Epitritus) marchosias Bolton 2000x Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher new species; rainforest leaf litter; ii.ix.1998
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) africana Bolton 1983x Makokou I Lieberburg new species, holotype worker; berlese funnel, rainforest; x-xii.1972
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) fisheri Bolton 2000x Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher new species, worker; 7.11.1998
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) concolor Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) dotaja Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra 12 workers, 2 collections
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) ludovici Bolton 1983x Rio Cassine L Fea workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) ludovici Bolton 1983x Makokou; Plateau d'Ipassa W H Gotwald; J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) lujae Bolton 1983x Makokou; Plateau d'Ipassa W H Gotwald; J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Serra.) serrula Bolton 1983x Makokou I Lieberburg; W Gotwald workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Smithi.) hensekta Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Pyramica (Smithi.) synkara Bolton 1983x Makokou I Lieberburg new species, holotype & 1 paratype worker; x. 1972
MYRMICINAE Solenopsis geminata innota Santschi 1915c Samkita F Faure new variety, all forms; nuisance in plantations
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys dextra Bolton 1983x Ile aux Singes J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys hastyla Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys paranax Bolton 1983x Ile aux Singes J A Barra 1 worker
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys petiolata Bolton 1983x Makokou; Plateau d'Ipassa I Lieberburg; W Gotwald; J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys rogeri Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa; Makokou J A Barra; I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys rogeri sulfurea Santschi 1915c Samkita F Faure worker (as new species)
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys tetraphanes Bolton 1983x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Strumigenys ultromalyx Bolton 2000x Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher new species, worker; 7.ii.1998
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) brevispinosum Bolton 1976x Ile aux Singes J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) furtivum Bolton 1976x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) gabonense Andre 1892a   A Mocquerys new species, all forms
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) gabonense Bolton 1976x Plateau d'Ipassa; Makokou J A Barra; I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) gabonense Andre 1892a ? ? new species, all forms
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) gabonense soyauxi Forel 1901h Ssibange Soyaux new stirps, 1 queen
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) gestroi Bolton 1976x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (Trig.) muscorum Bolton 1976x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) angulinode Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure worker
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) angulinode daphnis Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure worker
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) capillosum Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg new species, holotype & 7 paratype workers, x.1972, rain forest
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) guineense Bolton 1980x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) weitzeckeri Bolton 1980x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium (X.) zapyrum Bolton 1980x M'Voum Brunck workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium aculeatum Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys queen
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium aculeatum Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium africanum Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium coloreum Bolton 1980x Ile aux Singes J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium geminatum Bolton 1980x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra new species, holotype and 7 paratype workers; plus second collection
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium peutli Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton 1980x Plateau d'Ipassa; Makokou J A Barra; I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium rotundatum Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg 3 queens
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium sericeiventre Bolton 1980x Makokou I Lieberburg workers
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium termitobium Bolton 1980x Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
MYRMICINAE Wasmannia auropunctata (Tetramorium atomum) Santschi 1914d Libreville F Silvestri 4 workers
PONERINAE Anochetus africanus Andre 1892a ? ? worker & queen (new description)
PONERINAE Anochetus bequaerti Brown 1978c ? ? workers
PONERINAE Dolioponera fustigera Brown 1974e Ipassa Plateau J A Barra new species, holotype worker; leaf litter
PONERINAE Leptogenys crustosa rufipes Santschi 1937g Samkita F Faure new variety, worker
PONERINAE Leptogenys sulcinoda Andre 1892a ? A Mocquerys new species, holotype worker
PONERINAE Loboponera basalis Taylor 2005w Ogooue B L Fisher workers; rotten wood in forest
PONERINAE Loboponera nasica Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure new species, holotype worker
PONERINAE Loboponera obeliscata Bolton 2002x La Makande, Foret des Abeilles A Dejean worker
PONERINAE Loboponera vigilans Bolton 2002x La Makande, Foret des Abeilles A Dejean workers
PONERINAE Loboponera vigilans Taylor 2005w Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher worker; sifted leaf litter in rainforest
PONERINAE Odontomachus troglodytes Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Bothr.) crassa Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Brachy.) sennaarensis Mayr 1895x Ogooue ? workers
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata Mayr 1895x Ogooue ? workers
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys worker & queen
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata Taylor 2005w Moukalaba-Dougoua B L Fisher workers
PONERINAE Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata subopaca Santschi 1919h Samkita F Faure new variety, worker & queen
PONERINAE Phrynoponera gabonensis Andre 1892a ? ? new species, holotype worker
PONERINAE Platythyrea conradti Forel 1901h   H Petersen  
PONERINAE Platythyrea modesta Brown 1975x Makokou I Lieberburg workers
PONERINAE Platythyrea occidentalis Andre 1895a Ogooue A Mocquerys new description, male
PONERINAE Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi 1919a Libreville; Samkita Chalot; F Faure new species, holotype worker, 1.xii.1897; 1 worker
PONERINAE Plectroctena minor Taylor 2005w Woleu-Ntem B L Fisher worker; rotten log in rain forest
PONERINAE Plectroctena minor Bolton 2002x Foret des Abeilles S Lewis workers
PONERINAE Psalidomyrmex procerus Bolton 1975b Plateau d'Ipassa J A Barra workers
PONERINAE Psalidomyrmex procerus longiscapus Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure new variety, worker
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE Tetraponera aethiops Santschi 1911g Samkita F Faure new description, male
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE Tetraponera aethiops spininoda Andre 1892a ? ? new description, worker & queen
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE Tetraponera emacerata oberbecki Santschi 1920b Samkita F Faure queen
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE Tetraponera emacerata oberbecki Santschi 1928d Samkita F Faure workers
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE Tetraponera latifrons Emery 1912b ? ? new species, holotype queen

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