Contents Contents 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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