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The Ants of Africa Distribution Records - Ghana |
Excel 2003 spreadsheet - Ghana spreadsheet
See also the following, which contain additional records, including
unnamed forms -
Ants from cocoa in Ghana - Strickland, ca 1950
Ants from cocoa in Ghana - Room and
Majer, 1969-72
Ants from leaf litter in Ghana
- Belshaw & Bolton, 1991-2
Subfamily | Species | Author | year | location | Collector | Habits |
AENICTINAE | Aenictus asantei | Campione | 1983x | Legon | Campione | new species, workers & queen |
AENICTINAE | Aenictus asperivalvus | Strickland | 1951a | CRIG | A H Strickland | on cocoa, "chance migrants from leaf litter" |
AENICTINAE | Aenictus decolor bidentatus | Donisthorpe | 1942e | Tafo | G S Cotterell | 7 workers; from cocoa, ix.1940 |
AMBLYOPONINAE | Amblyopone mutica | Belshaw | 1994b | Bobiri Forest Reserev & Nankasi | R Belshaw | 3 workers; in leaf litter of denuded rainforest and under cocoa |
AMBLYOPONINAE | Amblyopone santschii | Belshaw | 1994b | Ofinso, Jachie, Juaso, Bunso | R Belshaw | 6 workers; leaf litter under forest and cocoa |
AMBLYOPONINAE | Amblyopone sp undet Ghana | Taylor | 2005w | Tafo | B Bolton | worker; cocoa leaf litter; 14.x.1970 |
AMBLYOPONINAE | Mystrium silvestrii | Taylor | 2005w | Wiawso | D Leston | worker; ant ecology sample |
APOMYRMINAE | Apopomyrma stygia | Belshaw | 1994b | Esukawkaw Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 1 worker; damp leaf litter in primary forest |
CERAPACHYINAE | Cerapachys foreli | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, 1 worker |
CERAPACHYINAE | Cerapachys foreli | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | workers; pkd sampling |
CERAPACHYINAE | Cerapachys foreli | Belshaw | 1994b | 11 locations | R Belshaw | 55 workers; lead litter sampling |
CERAPACHYINAE | Cerapachys nitidulus | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | many workers, from leaf litter & soil sampling |
CERAPACHYINAE | Simopone conciliatrix | Brown | 1975x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, 121 workers, 2 dealate queens; nest in hollow cocoa twig |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris bidens | Shattuck | 1991x | CRIG | C A M Campbell | new species, 3 workers |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris ghanensis | Shattuck | 1991x | Mampong | P M Room | new species, holotype worker |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris hylekoites | Shattuck | 1991x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, 3 workers, 1 queen; nest in rotten tree branch |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris murielae | Shattuck | 1991x | Mampong | P M Room | 1 worker |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris nigripes | Shattuck | 1991x | Aburi | P M Room | new species, holotype worker |
DOLICHODERINAE | Axinidris palligastrion | Shattuck | 1991x | Nswam; CRIG | P M Room; B Bolton | new species, 4 workers; 1 worker |
DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma melanocephalum | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | workers, on cocoa mistletoe |
DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma melanocephalum | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers, on cocoa mistletoe |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) arcens | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 1 major, 6 workers |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) burmeisteri | Hollingsworth | 1960x | Legon | Hollingsworth | study of worker polymorphism |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) emeryi | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 23 workers |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) emeryi pulsi | Santschi | 1923e | Aburi | F Silvestri | workers |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) funereus | Emery | 1895j | ? | ? | new species, male |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) gerstaeckeri | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 6 workers |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (An.) gerstaeckeri | Emery | 1895j | Accra | ? | new species, range of workers |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (D.) affinis | Mayr | 1895x | Kitta, Accra | H Brauns | males |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (D.) ghanensis | van Boven | 1975x | not known | no details | new species, queen; no details |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (R.) fimbriatus | Westwood | 1842x | ? | ? | cited as from the Gold Coast |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (R.) fuscipennis | Emery | 1892d | border nr Assinie | ex P Magretti | new species, male |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (R.) fuscipennis | Forel | 1913h | Aburi | Fisch | workers, new description |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (R.) fuscipennis lugubris | Santschi | 1919b | Aburi | Fisch | new variety, male |
DORYLINAE | Dorylus (T.) fulvus badius | Wheeler | 1922xr | Accra | Unger | ? |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus meinerti | Forel | 1886f | Addah | ? | queen |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus | Mayr | 1862x | Akwapim Mts | ? | new species, minor worker |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) carbo occidentalis | Mayr | 1902x | Accra | R Buchholz | new variety, workers |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 3 workers |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanae.) acvapimensis | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Kwahu | H E Box | 1 worker on seedling cocoa, 25.xi.1944 |
FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanae.) acvapimensis | Mayr | 1862x | Akwapim Mts | ? | new species, minor worker |
FORMICINAE | Cataglyphis bicolor | Forel | 1910e | ? | ? | workers |
FORMICINAE | Cataglyphis seticornis | Emery | 1898c | Staudinger & Bang-Haas | new species; workers | |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota canescens | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 8 workers |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota egregia | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | on herbs under cocoa, and once in cocoa canopy survey (ident?) |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota gerardi | Bigger | 1981a | CRIG | M Bigger | 24 workers from gorund under Amelonado cocoa |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota gerardi | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | throughout Mampong Farm |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota guineensis | Leston | 1973x | quite common | D Leston | later collections by Room 1971; Majer 1975, Bigger 1981a |
FORMICINAE | Lepisiota guineensis | Mayr | 1902x | R Buchholz | new variety, workers | |
FORMICINAE | Oecophylla longinoda | Gotwald | 1973x | Accra | W A Gotwald | workers (mouthpart studies) |
FORMICINAE | Oecophylla longinoda virescens | Mayr | 1862x | ? | ? | workers |
FORMICINAE | Paratrechina albipes | Room | 1971x | Mampong & 7 survey locations | P M Room | workers; from cocoa canopy |
FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni | Bigger | 1981a | CRIG | M Bigger | 11 workers from ground |
FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni | Room | 1971x | Mampong & 1 survey location | P M Room | in leaf litter and nesting |
FORMICINAE | Phasmomyrmex aberrans | Mayr | 1895x | Edmund Reitter | new species, 2 queens | |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis asomaningi | Bolton | 1973b | Mt Atewa | D Leston | new species 3 collections; 23-25.vii.1969 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis braxa | Bolton | 1973b | CRIG | C A Collingwood | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers; on cocoa tree, 4.iii.1970 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis concava | Bolton | 1973b | CRIG; Mt Atewa | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis curta | Bolton | 1973b | Bunso; Yakasi | C A Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis decellei | Bolton | 1973b | Begoro; Bunso | C A Collingwood; D Leston | new species holotype and 1 paratype workers; 10.vi.1968 & 7.vii.1969 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis decemdentata | Bolton | 1973b | Aburi; CRIG, Bechem | P M Room; C A Collingwood | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis esarata | Bolton | 1973b | Bunso | D Leston | new species holotype worker; by pkd from canopy; 7.vii.1969 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis fissa | Strickland | 1951a | CRIG | A H Strickland | nests on underside of leaves |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis fissa | Bolton | 1973b | Nswam & Asamankese; Aburi; CRIG; Korangang | P M Room; C A Collingwood; B Bolton; J Paine | |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis khepra | Bolton | 1973b | Kibi | P M Room | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers; 24.iii.1970 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis laboriosa | Forel | 1894b | Ganger | workers | |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis laboriosa | Bolton | 1973b | Bibianaha; Ankasa; Kumasi; CRIG; Bawdna; Adeiso | Spurrel; O W Richards; B M Gerard; C A Colloingwood; N D Jago; P Room | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis latharis | Bolton | 1973b | Mt Atewa | D Leston | new species, holotype & 3 paratype workers, plus 2 queens; pkd, 12.vii.1969 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis lauta | Bolton | 1973b | Tumu | P M Room | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis lestoni | Bolton | 1973b | Mt Atewa; Adeiso | D Leston; P Room | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, pkd, 12.vii.1969; 1 worker |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis militaris | Bolton | 1973b | many locations | many collectors | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis monista | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 1 worker |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis nigrita | Mayr | 1895x | Chama | H Brauns | new species, holotype worker |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis otleti | Bolton | 1973b | CRIG | D J Cross; C A Collingwood | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis regesa | Bolton | 1973b | Mampong; Adeiso | P M Room; D Leston | new species, 1 holotype & 1 paratype workers; both by pkd; 12.iii.1970 & 17.vi.1970 |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis rufipalpis | Bolton | 1973b | CRIG; Mt Atewa | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis rufipalpis | Belshaw | 1994b | Sui River Forest Reserve, Atewa Forest | R Belshaw | 2 workers, on lefa litter |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis spitteleri | Bolton | 1973b | Kade | D Leston | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis sulcata | Bolton | 1973b | Kade & Bunso | D Leston | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis viscosa | Bolton | 1973b | 7 locations | P M Room; D Leston; J C Greig; C A Collingwood | workers |
FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis weissi | Bolton | 1973b | CRIG; Aburi, Berekuso; Akuadom | G S Cotterell; P Room; A H Strickland | workers |
FORMICINAE | Pseudolasius weissi sordidus | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new variety, 4 workers |
LEPTANILLINAE | Leptanilla boltoni | Baroni Urbani | 1977c | Mampong Cemetry | P M Room | new species, 6 workers |
LEPTANILLINAE | Leptanilla boltoni | Belshaw | 1994b | Bunso | R Belshaw | 30 workers in a single soil sample, from a small patch of primary forest |
MYRMICINAE | Afroxyidris crigensis | Belshaw | 1994b | Poano & Ofinso | R Belshaw | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers; from cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Ankylomyrmex coronacantha | Bolton | 1972x | Mt Atewa | D Leston | new species, holotype worker; pyrethrum knockdown |
MYRMICINAE | Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides | Bolton | 1981b | 9 locations | G S Cotterell; A H Strickland; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Atopomyrmex mocquerysi | Strickland | 1951a | several locations | A H Strickland | 36 collections from cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Atopomyrmex mocquerysi | Bolton | 1981b | several locations | B Bolton; P Room; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Baracidris meketra | Bolton | 1981b | CRIG | B Bolton | 1 worker & 1 dealate queen; cocoa litter; 4.ix.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Calyptomyrmex barak | Bolton | 1981a | Baudua | D Leston | new species, 3 workers, from rotten stump; 27.viii.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Calyptomyrmex brevis | Bolton | 1981a | CRIG | B Bolton; D Leston | 2 collections of workers |
MYRMICINAE | Calyptomyrmex kaurus | Bolton | 1981a | CRIG; Kibi | B Bolton; D Leston | new species, worker;leaf mould, 29.x.1970; primary forest leaf litter, 24.iii.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus | Bolton | 1981a | Tafo; Mt Atewa; Mampong | B Bolton; D Leston; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus | Belshaw | 1994b | 4 locations | R Belshaw | workers from leaf litter; 2 sites in forest, 2 in cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla emeryi | Bolton | 1982x | Polcoase; Kibi | W Bellfield; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla neferka | Bolton | 1982x | Mampong | P M Room | new species; 4 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla neferka | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest reserve | R Belshaw | workers in primary forest litter |
MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla sekhemka | Bolton | 1982x | Tumu | P M Room | new species; holotype worker; 24.xii.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla shuckardi | Bolton | 1982x | Kibi; Mampong; Mole GR | D Leston; P Room; J.C. Greig | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus adpressus | Bolton | 1974a | Bunso | D Leston | new species, holotype worker; collected by pkd |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus egenus | Bolton | 1974a | Bunso; CRIG | D Leston; D Gibbs | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus egenus | Room | 1975x | Mampong and in surveys | P M Room | from cocoa mistletoe |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus elongatus | Bolton | 1974a | Bunso | D Leston | 3 workers & 1 queen |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus erinaceus | Bolton | 1974a | Mt Atewa | C A Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus guineensis | Bolton | 1974a | many locations | several | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus huberi | Bolton | 1974a | Mt Atewa; Mampong | B Bolton; D Leston; O W Richards | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus kohli | Bolton | 1974a | Okola; Nkolbisson | C A Collingwood; B de Mire | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus lujae | Bolton | 1974a | several locations | C A Collingwood; B Bolton; D Leston | worker |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus mocquerysi | Bolton | 1974a | CRIG; Bunso | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus mocquerysi | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | workers, in ecology study many workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus moloch | Bolton | 1982x | Pankese | C A Collingwood | new species; holotype and 1 paratype workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus pygmaeus | Bolton | 1974a | Accra; Larteh; Pokoase; Koforidua | O W Richards; D Leston; N L H Krauss | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus tardus | Bolton | 1974a | CRIG; S Fomang; Osiem | C A Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus traegaordhi | Room | 1971x | Mamfe-Mampong | P M Room | workers in ecology study of cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus vorticus | Bolton | 1974a | Mamfe-Mampong | P M Room | workers (Cataulacus sp H) |
MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus weissi | Bolton | 1974a | Bunso | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atop.) africana | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Wenchi, 6 m N | H E Box | workers on Cola ? togoensis in savannah-forest belt |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atop.) africana | Mayr | 1902x | Aburi | R Buchholz | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atop.) buchneri halli | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Bunsu | W J Hall | 24 workers, from myrmecodomatia on trees, Canthium glabriflorum, 1.i.1945 |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atop.) cuvierae | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Asuansi & Bunsu | H E Box | from myrmecodomatia on trees, Cuviera acutiflora & Canthium glabriflorum, 1943-44 |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atop.) depressa | Mayr | 1895x | ? | ? | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (C.) painei | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Koransang | J Paine | new species. 3 workers, Ceiba pentandra, 6.i.1944 |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Orth.) muralti | Strickland | 1951a | A H Strickland | on cocoa, shrubs and trees | |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) gambiensis | Mayr | 1895x | ? | ? | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) gambiensis fulva | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Nkoranza, 11 m E | H E Box | 15 workers, in parkland savannah on Lophira alat , 26.xii.1944 |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) kneri | Mayr | 1862x | Akwapim Mts | ? | new species, worker |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) striatula | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 2 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) striatula | Donisthorpe | 1945b | several locations | H E Box | on cocoa and in forest, 1944-45 |
MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaer.) wellmani boxi | Donisthorpe | 1945b | Wenchi, 30 m N | H E Box | 8 workers; in pods of Sterculia tomentosa, with Pseudococcid, 5.v.1944 |
MYRMICINAE | Melissotarsus emeryi | Bolton | 1982x | Tafo | C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Melissotarsus weissi | Bolton | 1982x | Tafo | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Meranoplus inermis | Bolton | 1981a | Kibi, Asamankese; CRIG; Mampong | D Leston; H E Box; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Meranoplus magrettii | Bolton | 1981a | Legon | D Leston; Mkhise | workers, 3 collections, savannah species |
MYRMICINAE | Messor galla | Bolton | 1982x | numerous locations | various | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Messor galla armata | Emery | 1922c | Staudinger & Bang-Haas | new variety, worker & soldier types | |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium abyssinicum | Bolton | 1987x | Amfeda | C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium afrum | Bolton | 1987x | Upper Region - Tumu, Navrongo, Bolgatanga; Dawhenya, Amfeda | P M Room; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium bicolor | Bolton | 1987x | Mole Game Res; Mampong, Bolgatanga, Tumu | J C Grieg; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium bicolor | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 1 worker in primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium cryptobium | Bolton | 1987x | Mampong; CRIG; Axim | P M Room; D Leston; B Bolton; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium cryptobium | Belshaw | 1994b | 16 locations | R Belshaw | 1475 workers from leaf litter samples, 242 from soil samples |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium destructor | Room | 1971x | widespread | P M Room | 18 findings in cocoa canopy survey |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium dolatu | Bolton | 1987x | Mampong; CRIG; Axim | P M Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium draxocum | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 5 workers, in primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium egens | Bolton | 1987x | 10 locations | D Leston; P Room; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium exiguum | Bolton | 1987x | Kibi, Legon; Mampong, Tumu; Boku, Pankese; CRIG | D Leston; P Room; C A Collingwood; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium floricola | Bolton | 1987x | CRIG; Legon, Kibi | B Bolton; C A Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium floricola | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | on cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium floricola | Belshaw | 1994b | Kade | R Belshaw | 13 workers in cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium guineense | Belshaw | 1994b | Jachie & Bobiri Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 55 workers, from primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium invidium | Bolton | 1987x | Mampong; CRIG; Axim | P M Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium invidium | Belshaw | 1994b | 19 locations | R Belshaw | 3432 workers from leaf litter; 62 from soil samples in semi-deciduous forest zone |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium oscaris | Bolton | 1987x | Legon; Narongo; Dawhenya | D Leston; G Benson; P Room; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium oscaris | Bigger | 1981x | CRIG | M Bigger | 6 workers, by pkd from cocoa canopy |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium pharaonis | Bolton | 1987x | Khibi; Mole Game Res; Aburi; CRIG | D Leston; J C Gried; P Room; A H Strickland | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium pharaonis | Belshaw | 1994b | 6 locations | R Belshaw | 17 workers from foest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium rosae | Bolton | 1987x | CRIG; Mole; Mampong; Maase, Legon | B Bolton; J C Grieg; P Room; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium rosae | Belshaw | 1994b | Ofinso & Bunso | R Belshaw | 7 workers from cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium rosae cotterelli | Donisthorpe | 1942e | CRIG | G F Cotterell | new variety, worker |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium subopacum mediterraneum | Mayr | 1895x | Quittah/Kittah | H Brauns | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium tanysum | Bolton | 1987x | Mampong | P M Room | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers; 17.xi.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium tanysum | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 2 workers in primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium trake | Bolton | 1987x | Aburi | P M Room | new species, holotype & 3 paratype workers; 22.iii.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium trake | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest Reserve & Bobin | R Belshaw | 10 workers in primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Monomorium vonatu | Bolton | 1987x | Mampong | P M Room | new species, holotype worker; 10.ii.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Nesomyrmex angulatus | Bolton | 1982x | Legon; CRIG; Adeiso | D Leston; B Bolton; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Nesomyrmex evelynae | Bolton | 1982x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Nesomyrmex grisoni | Bolton | 1982x | CRIG; Kade; Asamankese | B Bolton; J Majer; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex silvestrii | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, 1 worker & 2 soldiers |
MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex vorax | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, holotype worker |
MYRMICINAE | Paedalgus distinctus | Bolton | 1993x | CRIG | R Belshaw | new species, workers and males |
MYRMICINAE | Paedalgus distinctus | Belshaw | 1994b | many locations | R Belshaw, A H Strickland, D Leston, etc | workers in forest leaf litter; also on cocoa trees tending coccids |
MYRMICINAE | Paedalgus saritus | Bolton | 1993x | Nkawanda; Atewa Forest Reserve & Juaso | R Belshaw | new species, 42 workers and males; forest leaf litter 12.xii.1991, 24.111.1992 |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole costauriensis | Santschi | 1914a | Winnebah | ? | new species, as variety, soldier |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole dea | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | 2 workers; pkd from cocoa (as species D) |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole excellens | Mayr | 1862x | ? | ? | new species, soldier |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala | Strickland | 1951a | abundant | A H Strickland | common (several later ecology studies, etc., all note it as common) |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole melancholica | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | soldier, workers & mermitegates |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole melancholica | Room | 1971x | Mampong, one other location; Kade | P M Room; J Majer | ? |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole minima catella | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 1 soldier |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole nigeriensis | Room | 1971x | Mampong; Kade | P M Room; J Majer | in cocoa leaf litter & on cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Pheidole speculifera | Room | 1971x | Mampong; Kade; CRIG | P M Room; J Majer; M Bigger | on and under cocoa (several reports) |
MYRMICINAE | Pristomyrmex africanus | Bolton | 1981b | Kibi; Mt Atewa | D Leston; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pristomyrmex orbiceps | Bolton | 1981b | Kibi, Bunso; Mampong; CRIG, Mt Atewa | D Leston; P Room; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pristomyrmex orbiceps | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 4 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Epitritus) laticeps | Belshaw | 1994b | Kade, Esukawkaw, Bunso | R Belshaw | workers from forest and cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Epitritus) minima | Bolton | 1971b | Mampong Cemeetry | P M Room | new species, 4 workers, from open ground |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Epitritus) roomi | Bolton | 1971b | Mampong Cemeetry | P M Room | new species, 2 workers & 1 queen, from cocoa leaf litter and open ground |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Epitritus) roomi | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 69 workers from forest and cocoa leaf litter; and from soil samples |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Epitritus) tiglath | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang, Kade & Ofinso | R Belshaw | 9 workers from forest and cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) cryptura | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | D Leston | new species, holotype worker; ecology sample |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) cryptura | Belshaw | 1994b | Bobiri, Atewa, Bunso & Ofinso | R Belshaw | 57 workers from forest and cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) sistrura | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 110 workers from semi-deciduous forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) tetragnatha | Room | 1971x | Mampong Cemeetry | P M Room | workers from cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) tetragnatha | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 31 workers from semi-deciduous forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) tukulta | Belshaw | 1994b | Poano & Bunso | R Belshaw | 20 workers from leaf litter under cocoa and primary forest |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) concolor | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, 10 workers & 4 queens |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) concolor | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong; Aburi | P M Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) concolor | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 238 workers, in leaf litter samples, semi-deciduous forest |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) ludovici | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong; CRIG; Mt Atewa; Kade | D Leston; B Bolton; C A Collingwood; W H Gotwald | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) ludovici | Belshaw | 1994b | Nankasi, Jachie, Kade, Atewa | R Belshaw | 20 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) lujae | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG; Mamfe Scarp; Aburi; Bolgatanga | C A Collingwood; B Bolton; D Leston; E S Ross & K Lorensen | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) lujae | Belshaw | 1994b | Juaso, Esukawa & Atewa | R Belshaw | 802 workers from cocoa and primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) maynei | Bolton | 1983x | Aburi; Wiawso; CRIG | D Leston; C A Collingwood; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) miccata | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong | P M Room | new species, holotype worker; 26.i.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) serrula | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong; Tafo | P M Room; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serra.) serrula | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 823 workers from 16 sites in semi-deciduous forest zone |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) cavinasis | Belshaw | 1994b | Kade | R Belshaw | 3 workers from leaf litter under primary forest |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) chyatha | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, holotype worker; from cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) dendexa | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | D Leston; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) dendexa | Belshaw | 1994b | Sui Forest, Bunso | R Belshaw | 7 workers from forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) emarginata | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong | P M Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) fulda | Belshaw | 1994b | Sui Forest, Bunso | R Belshaw | 2 workers from leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) hensekta | Bolton | 1983x | Mampong; CRIG | P M Room; D Leston | new species, holotype & 4 paratype workers; 9.ii.1970; 2 other collections |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) malaplax | Belshaw | 1994b | CRIG | R Belshaw | 69 workers from cocoa and primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) marginata | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest | R Belshaw | 1 worker, in primary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) minkara | Belshaw | 1994b | Kade, Atewa Forest and Bunso | R Belshaw | workers in primary and secodndary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) ninda | Bolton | 1983x | Tafo; Mampong | D Leston; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) ninda | Belshaw | 1994b | 5 locations | R Belshaw | 55 workers from leaf litter under cocoa and forest |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) sharra | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG; Mampong | D Leston; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) sharra | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang, Kade, Atewa, Ofinso | R Belshaw | 25 workers from leaf litter under forest and cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) tacta | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) tacta | Belshaw | 1994b | 8 locations | R Belshaw | 56 workers from leaf litter under forest and cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithi.) tigrilla | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang, Kade & atewa | R Belshaw | 9 workers from leaf litter under primary forest |
MYRMICINAE | Quadristruma emmae | Bolton | 1983x | Bunso | P M Room | worker |
MYRMICINAE | Quadristruma emmae | Belshaw | 1994b | Nkawanda | R Belshaw | 1 worker from secondary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys cacaoensis | Bolton | 1971a | CRIG | B Bolton; A B S King | workers in cocoa stub; also from pyrethrun knockdown |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys cacaoensis | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | D Leston; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys cacaoensis | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | 1 worker |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys korahyla | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 1 worker from leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys nimbrata | Bolton | 1983x | Tafo | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys nimbrata | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 70 workers from leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys pallestes | Bolton | 1971a | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, workers & 1 queen; rot hole in cocoa trunk; 2.vii.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys pallestes | Bolton | 1983x | Badua | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys petiolata | Bolton | 1983x | 7 locations | D Leston; B Bolton; P Room etc | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys rogeri | Bolton | 1983x | CRIG | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys rufobrunea | Bolton | 1983x | Legon; Mampong | D Leston; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys spathoda | Belshaw | 1994b | Bunso | R Belshaw | 1 worker |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys vazerka | Bolton | 1983x | Mt Atewa | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys vazerka | Belshaw | 1994b | several locations | R Belshaw | 22 workers, from leaf litter and a soil sample |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner elegans | Bolton | 1981b | CRIG; Kunso; Adeiso, Bunso, Sajimasi; Aburi | C Campbell; B Bolton; D J Cross; D Leston; P Room | workers, new description |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner luteus | Bolton | 1981b | Kade, Bunso | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner piceus | Bolton | 1981b | Sajimasi, Aburi; Mampong | D Leston; P Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner piceus | Bigger | 1981x | CRIG | M Bigger | 2 workers by pkd from cocoa canopy |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner piceus | Belshaw | 1994b | Nkawanda | R Belshaw | 1 worker from secondary forest leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Terataner velatus | Bolton | 1981b | Okumaning, Kade, Enchi | D Leston | new species, 5 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) antrema | Belshaw | 1994b | 10 sites in forest zone | R Belshaw | 162 workers, from leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) brevispinosum | Bolton | 1976x | Bunso; CRIG; Mt Atewa | D Leston; A H Strickland; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) brevispinosum | Belshaw | 1994b | 6 sites | R Belshaw | 116 workers from leaf litter in semi-deciduous forest zone |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) crypticum | Bolton | 1976x | Mt Atewa | D Leston | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers; 31.vii.1969, primary forest |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) distinctum | Bolton | 1976x | CRIG; Mampong | B Bolton; P Room | new species, holotype & 3 paratype workers; 3.viii.1970, cocoa leaf litter; 4 workers, I queen, 26.i.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) distinctum | Belshaw | 1994b | 16 sites | R Belshaw | 552 workers from leaf litter; 16 workers from soil samples |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) eminii | Bolton | 1976x | Legon | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) furtivum | Bolton | 1976x | Crig; South Scarp Forest | B Bolton; D Leston; W H Gotwald | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) furtivum | Belshaw | 1994b | 8 sites | R Belshaw | 689 workers from leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) menkaura | Bolton | 1976x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, holotype & 6 paratype workers, 2 alate queens; 7.vi.1970, rotten tiwg deep in cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) menkaura | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest, Atewa Forest, Nakasi | R Belshaw | 21 workers from primary forest and cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) minimum | Bolton | 1976x | Kumasi; Mampong | B Bolton; P Room | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 15.i.1969, in termite nest; 26.i.1970, 5 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) minimum | Belshaw | 1994b | 15 sites | R Belshaw | 368 workers from leaf litter in semi-deciduous forest zone |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) muscorum | Bolton | 1976x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) osiris | Bolton | 1976x | Mt Atewa | B Bolton | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 10.viii.1968; leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Trig.) rothschildi | Bolton | 1976x | northern Region, Tumu | P M Room | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) angulinode | Bolton | 1980x | Bolgatanga; Polcoase | P Room; W Belfield | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) calinum | Bolton | 1980x | Legon; Axim | D Leston; G Benson; C A Collingwood | new species, holotype & 6 paratype workers, 30.iv.1970; other workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) edouardi | Bolton | 1980x | Legon | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) flavithorax | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Mampong; Kade; Mt Atewa; Akosomba | B Bolton; M Bigger; P Room; D Leston; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) flavithorax | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, holotype worker |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) flavithorax | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, 1 worker |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) guineense | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Begoro, Mt Atewa; Kibi; Kade | B Bolton; C A Collingwood; D Leston; J D Majer | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) guineense | Belshaw | 1994b | 10 sites | R Belshaw | 417 workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) legone | Bolton | 1980x | Legon | D Leston | new species, holotype & 5 paratype workers, 22.iii.1972 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) minisculum | Bolton | 1980x | Legon | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) muralti | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 1 worker & 1 queen |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) muralti | Bolton | 1980x | Mampong; Kukurantumi | P M Room; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) muralti trilineata | Santschi | 1919h | Aburi | F Silvestri | new variety, worker |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) occidentale | Bolton | 1980x | Mampong, CRIG; Prestea Forest, Pankese, Mt Atewa | D Leston; C A Collingwood; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (X.) zapyrum | Bolton | 1980x | Legon; CRIG; Mt Atewa; Asamankese | D Leston; H E Box; B Bolton; C A Collingwood | new species, holotype worker & 6 paratype workers, 24.ix.1970; other collections |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium aculeatum | Mayr | 1866a | "Gold Coast" | ? | new species, workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium aculeatum | Bolton | 1980x | many locations | many collectors | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium africanum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium africanum | Mayr | 1866a | "Gold Coast" | ? | new species, workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium amentete | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Kukurantumi, Asamankese; Mampong; Kade | B Bolton; D Leston; P Room; J D Majer | new species, holotype & 4 paratype workers; 20.viii.1970; nest in rotten branch on ground; other workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium ataxium | Bolton | 1980x | Mampomg; Mt Atewa; CRIG; Legon, Kibi | D Leston; P Room; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium ataxium | Belshaw | 1994b | 11 sites | R Belshaw | 140 workers from leaf litter, 4 workers from soil sampling, in semi-deciduous forest zone |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium browni | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Kade; Asamankese; Wiawso & Adeiso | B Bolton; J D Majer; P Room; D Leston | new species, holotype & 5 paratype workers; 21.x.1970, rotten log; other workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium camerunense | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Mampong | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium convexum | Bolton | 1980x | Aburi | P M Room | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 30.i.1958 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium cristatum | Bolton | 1980x | Legon | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium dumezi | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Numia, Bunso, Enchi; Aburi | B Bolton; D Leston; P Room; C A Collingwood; C A Campbell | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium elidisium | Bolton | 1980x | Aburi | P M Room | new species, holotype worker; 13.vii.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium flabellum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, holotype & 6 paratype workers; 3.x.1970, rotten log; 31.viii.1970, litter sample |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium ictidum | Belshaw | 1994b | Atewa Forest Res | R Belshaw | 1 worker, from primary forest litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium intonsum | Bolton | 1980x | Crig, 4 collections | B Bolton | new species, holotype & 8 paratype workers; 15.i.1971; other workers; from rotten logs |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium jugatum | Bolton | 1980x | Mampong; CRIG | P M Room; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium jugatum | Belshaw | 1994b | Mankrang Forest, Kade, Nankasi | R Belshaw | workers from leaf litter, under forest and cocoa |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium lucayanum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Akosombo | B Bolton; C A Collingwood | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium lucayanum | Belshaw | 1994b | Poana, Kade | R Belshaw | 3 workers, from forest and cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium meressei | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium nodiferum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton | 1 worker |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium peutli | Bolton | 1980x | Mt Atewa; Kukurantumi, Sajimasi, Numia | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium pialtum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | C A Collingwood | new species, holotype worker; 11.xi.1968; on bark of tree |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium psymanum | Bolton | 1980x | Bunso | D Leston | new species, holotype worker; 15.vii.1969 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium quadridentatum | Bolton | 1980x | many locations | P M Room; D Leston; C A Collingwood; D Louis; B Bolton | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium quadridentatum | Belshaw | 1994b | Bunso | R Belshaw | 1 worker, from cocoa leaf litter |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium qualarum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | C A Collingwood | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 25.ix.1968; on felled trees |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium rhetidum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton; D Leston | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 1 queen, 2.ix.1970; three other collections |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium rimytyum | Bolton | 1980x | Mt Atewa | B Bolton | new species, holotype worker; 1.xii.1968; on fallen trunk |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium sericeiventre | Bolton | 1980x | Asesewa; Dahwenya; etc | several | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum | Bolton | 1980x | Legon; CRIG | D Leston | workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium sitefrum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Mampong | B Bolton; P Room | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers; 12.ix.1970; 1 worker; 27.vii.1970 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium versiculum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG; Mepom & Okumaning; Mampong | B Bolton; D Leston; P Room | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers, 8.ii.1970, leaf litter; other workers |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium wadje | Bolton | 1980x | Aburi; CRIG | P M Room; C Campbell | new species, holotype & 2 paratype workers, 1 queen; 1.iii.1969; 3 workers; 23.ix.1975 |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium xuthum | Bolton | 1980x | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, holotype & 1 paratype workers, 15.ix.1970; on bare ground in bright sunlight |
MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium youngi | Belshaw | 1994b | Atewa Forest Reserve | R Belshaw | 7 workers, from leaf litter |
PONERINAE | Anochetus africanus | Mayr | 1865x | ? | ? | new species, worker |
PONERINAE | Anochetus africanus | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 6 workers |
PONERINAE | Anochetus africanus | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | workers; by pkd from cocoa canopy |
PONERINAE | Anochetus africanus | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; in cocoa and scrub, also from cocoa mistletoe |
PONERINAE | Anochetus africanus | Belshaw | 1994b | six locations | R Belshaw | 176 workers; leaf litter sampling in semi-deciduous forest zone |
PONERINAE | Anochetus bequaerti | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread (9 locations) | R Belshaw | 45 workers; from leaf litter and soil sampling |
PONERINAE | Anochetus fuliginosus | Room | 1971x | Aburi, Mampong | P M Room | workers; from cocoa canopy |
PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; from cocoa leaf litter and dead wood on the ground |
PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread (17 locations) | R Belshaw | 738 workers; from leaf litter and soil sampling |
PONERINAE | Anochetus maynei | Brown | 1978c | CRIG & Kade | D Leston | workers (new description) |
PONERINAE | Anochetus maynei | Belshaw | 1994b | CRIG | R Belshaw | 1 worker; secondary forest leaf litter |
PONERINAE | Anochetus pellucidus | Brown | 1978c | Takoardi; Adeiso: CRIG | E S Ross & R E Leech; D Leston; B Bolton | workers |
PONERINAE | Anochetus pellucidus | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | workers; by pkd from cocoa canopy |
PONERINAE | Anochetus pellucidus | Room | 1971x | six locations | P M Room | workers; by pkd from cocoa canopy |
PONERINAE | Anochetus sedilloti | Brown | 1978c | Legon | D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Anochetus siphneus | Brown | 1978c | CRIG | B Bolton | workers; on mud under dead leaf |
PONERINAE | Anochetus traegaordhi | Brown | 1978c | CRIG | B Bolton | 3 workers |
PONERINAE | Asphinctopone silvestrii | Belshaw | 1994b | Ofinso, Bunso | R Belshaw | 6 workers; leaf litter under forest and cocoa |
PONERINAE | Hypoponera cammerunensis | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; open ground and leaf litter, nest in dead wood on ground |
PONERINAE | Hypoponera lea | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers, in leaf litter and nest in dead wood on ground |
PONERINAE | Hypoponera punctatissima | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; in open ground and leaf litter/dead wood |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys conradti | Bolton | 1975a | several locations | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys cryptica | Bolton | 1975a | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, 5 workers; nest in rotten log |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys elegans | Bolton | 1975a | Pankese; Bunso, CRIG, Asikaisu | C Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys ergatogyna | Bolton | 1975a | CRIG, Mt Atewa, Nkwantanan | D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys guineensis | Bolton | 1975a | Mt Atewa; Mt Atewa, CRIG | C Collingwood; D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys longiceps | Bolton | 1975a | Legon | D Leston; Mkhize | workers; from coastal savannah |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys mastax | Bolton | 1975a | Mt Atewa | B Bolton; D Leston | new species, holotype worker, 12.vi.1970, under rotten twig on path; 10 workers, 29.vii.1966 & 5.viii.1966 |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys nuserra | Bolton | 1975a | Mt Atewa; CRIG, Sajimasi | D Leston | new species, holotype worker & queen, 29.vii.1966; others from cocoa canopy and on tree trunk |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys nuserra | Belshaw | 1994b | five sites | R Belshaw | 16 workers, in leaf litter from cocoa and forest |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys princeps | Bolton | 1975a | Mt Atewa | D Leston | new species, holotype worker; 4.viii.1966 |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys spandax | Bolton | 1975a | CRIG | D Leston | new species, 2 workers |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys testacea | Donisthorpe | 1948f | Tafo | A H Strickland | new species, 8 workers; from soil at base of cocoa tree, vii.1945 |
PONERINAE | Leptogenys zapyxis | Bolton | 1975a | Mt Atewa; CRIG | C A Collingwood; D Leston | new species, 2 workers, 22.x.1968; 11 workers, 26.vi.1970, from wet-rotten log |
PONERINAE | Loboponera basalis | Bolton | 2002x | CRIG | D Leston; B Bolton | workers from rotten wood and on ground at base fo a tree |
PONERINAE | Loboponera nasica | Bolton | 2002x | CRIG; Mampong; Kade | D Leston; P Room; R Belshaw | workers |
PONERINAE | Loboponera obeliscata | Bolton | 2002x | CRIG | D Leston | new species, worker |
PONERINAE | Loboponera politula | Bolton | 2002x | Mampong; Bunso | P M G360Room; R Belshaw | workers |
PONERINAE | Odontomachus assiniensis | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 2 workers |
PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes | Mayr | 1895x | Quittah | H Brauns | workers |
PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 2 workers |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) fugax | Belshaw | 1994b | Effiduase, Nankiri, Bobiri, Atewa Forest | R Belshaw | 12 workers; leaf liter, under forest and cocoat |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) pachyderma | Belshaw | 1994b | seven locations | R Belshaw | 16 workers; leaf litter sampling |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) silvestrii | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, 2 workers |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) sjostedti | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; foraging and nesting in dead wood under cocoa |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) soror | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers; in dead wood nest & leaf litter under cocoa |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothr.) talpa | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new description, 1 queen |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Mega.) analis | Fabricius | 1793x | (at a Danish Fort?) | Isert | new species, workers; as foetens |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Mega.) analis | Latreille | 1802c | ? | ? | workers; simple renaming of Fabricius specimens? |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Brachy.) sennaarensis | Mayr | 1895x | Quittah & Accra | H Brauns | workers |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Mega.) analis | Mayr | 1862x | H Pirazzoli | workers | |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Mega.) analis | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | open ground at cocoa farm |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Mega.) analis dohrni | Emery | 1902c | Akropong | Imhoff | new variety, holotype worker |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Meso.) ambigua | Belshaw | 1994b | five sites | R Belshaw | 24 workers; in leaf litter under forest and cocoa |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Meso.) caffraria | Belshaw | 1994b | 8 sites | R Belshaw | 86 workers; from semi-deciduous forest leaf litter |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata | Mayr | 1862x | H Pirazzoli | workers | |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Palto.) tarsata | Mayr | 1895x | Accra | ? | workers |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Trachy.) brunoi | Belshaw | 1994b | widespread | R Belshaw | 33 workers; from soil and leaf litter sampling |
PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Trachy.) brunoi nigeriensis | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 1 worker |
PONERINAE | Phrynoponera bequaerti | Belshaw | 1994b | Kade | R Belshaw | 13 workers (?); leaf litter from cocoa & primary forest |
PONERINAE | Phrynoponera gabonensis | Bigger | 1981a | CRIG | M Bigger | 1 worker, on ground |
PONERINAE | Phrynoponera gabonensis | Belshaw | 1994b | 6 locations | R Belshaw | 25 workers; leaf litter and soil sampling |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea conradti | Strickland | 1951a | CRIN | A H Strickland | "fairly common on cocoa" |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea conradti | Leston | 1970x | numerous collections | several | common (Room, 1971; Majer, 1975, 1976b: Bigger, 1981a; Belshaw, 1994b) |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea frontalis | Room | 1971x | fourteen samples; Kade; CRIG | P M Room; J D Majer; M Bigger | workers, dominant on cocoa in small numbers (also Majer, 1972, 1975, 1976; Bigger, 1981a) |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea gracillima | Room | 1971x | Mampong | P M Room | workers, from cocoa leaf litter |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea modesta | Brown | 1975x | CRIG | B Bolton | workers |
PONERINAE | Platythyrea occidentalis | Brown | 1975x | CRIG | D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena anops | Bolton | 1974b | CRIG | D Leston | new species, holotype worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena anops | Bolton | 2002x | Kwadaso | J Plisko | worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena cryptica | Bolton | 1974b | CRIG | B Bolton | new species, holotype worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena cryptica | Bolton | 2002x | Mt Atewa | D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena hastifera | Bolton | 1974b | CRIG | D Leston | worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena hastifera | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | new species, holotype worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena macgeei | Bolton | 2002x | CRIG | D Leston | worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena macgeei | Belshaw | 1994b | Juaso & Atewa Forest | R Belshaw | 3 workers; leaf litter sampling |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena minor | Bolton | 1974b | CRIG | B Bolton | worker |
PONERINAE | Plectroctena minor | Santschi | 1914d | Aburi | F Silvestri | 3 workers |
PONERINAE | Psalidomyrmex foveolatus | Bolton | 1975b | CRIG; Legon, Kibi, Wiawso | B Bolton; D Leston | series of workers |
PONERINAE | Psalidomyrmex procerus | Bolton | 1975b | CRIG; Legon, Mt Atewa, Kukurrantumi | B Bolton; D Leston | workers |
PONERINAE | Psalidomyrmex sallyae | Bolton | 1975b | CRIG | D Leston | new species, workers, 5 workers (2 samples) |
PROCERATIINAE | Discothyrea mixta | Belshaw | 1994b | Nankasi, Bobiri | R Belshaw | 2 workers; from leaf litter under cocoa and primary forest |
PROCERATIINAE | Discothyrea oculata | Belshaw | 1994b | Bunso | R Belshaw | 1 worker; from leaf litter in secondary forest |
PROCERATIINAE | Probolomyrmex guineensis | Brown | 1975x | Legon | D Leston | worker; on ground |
PROCERATIINAE | Probolomyrmex guineensis | Belshaw | 1994b | Ofinso, Kade & CRIG | R Belshaw | 46 workers; from leaf litter sampling under cocoa & forest |
PROCERATIINAE | Proceratium boltoni | Leston | 1971x | Legon | D Leston | new species, 34 workers, 1 delate queen; second collection, 2 workers; nest in rotten wood |
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE | Tetraponera anthracina | Strickland | 1951a | ? | A H Strickland | occasionally on cocoa |
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE | Tetraponera anthracina | Room | 1971x | widespread (31) | P M Room | workers on cocoa canopy; later also on cocoa mistletoe; also by Majer (1975) |
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE | Tetraponera mocquerysi | Mayr | 1895x | Chama | H Brauns | workers |
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE | Tetraponera ophthalmica | Majer | 1975x | Kade | J D Majer | 6 workers; 2 pkd samples from cocoa canopy |
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE | Tetraponera ophthalmica | Room | 1971x | 13 locations | P M Room | workers, on cocoa canopy; also on cocoa mistletoe |
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