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Ants collected in Cameroun by Gabriel Debout & Ambroise
Dalecky, 2001
 Geographical locations of the survey sites
EBO = Ebodjé, or Ebodie, 2°33.97' N 9°50.62' E, 70 m
from village; flat terrain
TE = Transect Ebodjé - adjacent to EBO at 2°33.98' N
9°50.67' E; altitude 20 m, coastal; swampy land
TM = Transect Marigot - adjacent to EBO at 2°34.04' N
9°50.64' E; 150 m from EBO
MAM = Mamelles - mountainous massif at 2°34.07' N 9°53.80'
E; En route from EBO to Mamelles
GRO = Grotte - at 2°34.05' N 9°54.01' E; En route from MAM
to "Jardin de Doyle"
IPE = Ipenenjé - village at 2°36.21' N 9°50.52' E; 5.3 km
from EBO to Kribi
LOL = Lolabé - river at 2°39.40' N 9°51.81' E; road
descending to river
HEVE = Hevecam; - 2°48.16' N 10°02.17' E; rough track area
KIEN = Kienké - swamp/river alongside plantations at
2°52.02' N 9°59.13' E; marshy land
BP = Bipaga - village at 3°07.35' N 10°00.67' E; flat land
north of the forest road
PIR = Pirate (used for illegal logging area) near BP
BOU = Bondé - river near N'kolobondé at 3°13.31' N
10°15.01' E; flat land, between the Chapel and the river (name
corrected by G Debout, email)
JFK = Joung Forest nr Nkolo - at 3°13.53' N 10°15.07' E;
flat land, liable to flooding
LA = Bela - village at 3°14.45' N 10°13.33' E; flat land,
alongside river
Douala-Edea Reserve, 3°35' N 9°54' E, altitude 10 m.
N'kolobondé, 3°14' N 10°15' E, altitude 70 m.
Kouedjina, 3°55' N, 13°45' E, altitude 692 m.
Yaoundé, 3°52' N 11°32' E, altitude 726 m.
Kribi, 2°56' N 9°55' E, altitude 13 m, coastal.
Nko'élon, 3°31' N 11°19' E, altitude 452 m.
Poli, 8°29' N 13°15' E, altitude 780 m; suodano-guinean savannah - 30
km E is ca 8°29' N 13°29' E.
Data from the PhD thesis of Gabriel Debout (2003) Parasite
et mutualisme de protection. Le cas de Cataulacus mckeyi,
fourmi symbiotique de Leonardoxa africana africana. (http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/ecoevol/docs/Debout_PhdThesis2003.pdf),
McKey (2000) and http://www.fallingrain.com/.
See also Doyle McKey's letter.
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Ant species identified by B Taylor
Findings listed also in taxonomic order on Taxonomic list
Found in or on Leonardoxa africana africana plants
(single collections unless indicated).
In domatia -
- Axinidris
bidens, four separate collections - Cameroon 33 from location
BP, 05.iv.2001; Cameroon 38 from location BOU, 05.iv.2001; Cameroon
111, from location BP, 25.iii.2001; and Cameroon 114 from location LA,
25.iii.2001 (note unbeknown to me this species was referred to by Gaume
et al., 2000)
- Crematogaster
(Decacrema) petiolidens - Cameroon 62 from location TM,
10.iv.2001
- Monomorium
dolatu, five collections - Cameroon 5 from location EBO,
24.iii.2001; Cameroon 19 from location MAM, 25.iii.2001; Cameroon 36
from location PIR, 05.iv.2001; Cameroon 55 from Ebodjé, 10.iv.2001; and
Cameroon 112 from location BOU, 25.iii.2001; note the diagnosis is
questionable and this may be a new species
- Tapinoma
debouti new species - Cameroon 60 from location LOL,
10.iv.2001; also Cameroon 28 (shown below) from location GRO,
25.iii.2001; and Cameroon 30 from location KIEN, 05.iv.2001
- Tapinoma
arnoldi - Cameroon 13 and Cameroon 14 from location EBO,
24.iii.2001
- Tetramorium
peutli - Cameroon 61 from location IPE, 10.iv.2001
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Otherwise found on L. africana africana -
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Other ants found in plant domatia or at extra-floral
nectaries
- Crematogaster
(Atopogyne) depressa - (2 small specimens) at nectaries of Alchorea
floribunda - Cameroon 06 from location TM, 24.iii.2001
- Crematogaster
(Atopogyne) transiens - Cameroon 70 from location BOU, 18
.iv.2001, at nectaries of Alchorea floribunda, apparently with
numerous Crematogaster striatula
- Crematogaster
(Oxygyne) margaritae - on a domatia-bearing and lianescent
Rubiaceae - Cameroon 66 from location BOU, 18.iv.2001
- Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) luctans - on an extra-floral nectary bearing
plant, Macaranga or Bridelia sp. - Cameroon 16 from
location MAM, 25.iii.2001
- Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) gabonensis - on Terminalia catappa in
village - Cameroon 50 from Ebodjé, 05.iv.2001
- Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) striatula - Cameroon 07 from location EBO, 24
.iii.2001, at nectaries of Alchorea floribunda; Cameroon 70
from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, at nectaries of Alchorea floribunda;
Cameroon 87 from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, on soil and surface;
Cameroon 119 from Kouedjina, 17.ii.2000, on cocoa tree; from extreme
south-east Cameroun - Cameroon 117 from Kouedjina, 17.ii.2000, no
details. From 30 km east of Poli at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location,
15.vi.2001 - Cameroon 126c, & Cameroon 127. .
- Myrmicaria
exigua - at extrafloral nectaries of a shrub in a treefall gap
- Cameroon 105 from location JFK, 24.iv.2001
- Pheidole
megacephala - Cameroon 10 from location IPE, 24.iii.2001, in
leaf-pouch domatia of Delpydora sp. Cameroon 29 from location
Ebodjé, 27.iii.2001, on soil and surface in the village. Cameroon 80
from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, nest in a hollow and rotten branch (1.5
m above ground), in the edge vegetation. Cameroon 109 from Yaoundé,
28.iv.2001, in herbaceous vegetation about 20 cm tall, garden of house.
Cameroon 115a, 25.iii.2000, no collection details
- Pheidole
minima - Cameroon 31 from location KIEN, 05.iv.2001, in
pouch-like stipules of a Rubiaceae
- Technomyrmex
kohli - in leaf-pouch domatia of Delpydora sp. -
Cameroon 21 from location GRO, 25.iii.2001
- Technomyrmex
laurenti - in pouch-like stipules of Diospyros conocarpa
- Cameroon 18 from location GRO, 25.iii.2001.
- Tetraponera
aethiops - in domatia of Barteria fistulosa - Cameroon
89 from Bella, 18.iv.2001
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Other Campo forest Collections - south-western tropical
coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo
- Atopomyrmex
cryptoceroides - Cameroon 47, on a standing tree trunk at
location BOU, 5.iv.2001
- Camponotus
(Myrmopelta) barbarossa - Cameroon 34 from Nko'élon, 5.iv.2001;
on the standing trunk of a dead tree
- Camponotus
(Myrmopelta) chrysurus - Cameroon 106 from location JFK,
24.iv.2001, on lianas and dead tree trunk in a treefall gap
- Camponotus
(Myrmopelta) vividus - Cameroon 27 from location 9 km south of
Ebodjé, 27.iii.2001, on the fallen rotten trunk of a tree; and Cameroon
45 from location JFK, 05.iv.2001, on soil and surface in a forest
understorey
- Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) maculatus - Cameroon 99 from Kribi, 15 .iv.2001,
in herbaceous vegetation about 20 cm tall, in garden of the Catholic
Mission
- Cataulacus
centrurus - Cameroon 81 from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, on Alchornea
species in the edge vegetation
- Cataulacus
erinaceus - Cameroon 103 from location BOU, 24.iv.2001, on an
understorey tree
- Cataulacus
guineensis type form - Cameroon 8 from location TM,
24.iii.2001, on soil and surface in forest understorey; and Cameroon 72
from location BOU, 18.iv.2001; on many different plants
- Cataulacus
guineensis variant - Cameroon 83 from location BOU, 18.iv.2001,
on Alchornea species in the edge vegetation
- Crematogaster
(Atopogyne) africana - Cameroon 97 from Kribi, 15 .iv.2001, on
the trunk of Mangifera indica; and Cameroon 101 from location
BOU, 24.iv.2001, on an extra-floral nectary bearing understorey tree
- Crematogaster
(Atopogyne) buchneri - Cameroon 116 from Kouedjina, 17.ii.2001;
no details
- Crematogaster
(Crem.) impressiceps - Cameroon 59 from location EBO,
10.iv.2001, nest in a tree
- Crematogaster
(Crem.) stigmata - Cameroon 03 from Ebodjé, 24.iii.2001, on Barteria
nigritiana
- Crematogaster
(Orthocrema) pulchella - Cameroon 118, Kouedjina, extreme
south-east, 15.ii.2001
- Dorylus
(Anomma) burmeisteri - Cameroon 11 from location EBO-TE,
24.iii.2001 - on soil and surface in forest understorey
- Dorylus
(Anomma) daleckyi new species - Cameroon 37 from Kribi,
05.iv.2001 - in herbaceous vegetation about 20 cm tall (garden of the
Catholic Mission)
- Dorylus
(Anomma) kohli - Cameroon 104 from N'kolobondé, 24.iv.2001 - on
trail, near secondary growth fields
- Monomorium
bicolor - Cameroon 110 from Yaoundé, 24.iv.2001, in herbaceous
vegetation, about 20 cm tall, in a domestic garden; another collection
was Cameroon 126, from the soudano-guinean savannah 30 Km east of Poli,
15.vi.2001
- Monomorium
malamixtum - Cameroon 85 from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, nest on
a terrestrial termite nest
- Monomorium
pharaonis - Cameroon 96 from Kribi, 10.iv.2001, from bread and
black chocolate bait on soil; also from Cameroon 95, a single specimen
among Solenopis geminata specimens, at Kribi, in herbaceous
vegetation about 20 cm tall (garden of the catholic mission)
- Myrmicaria
baumi - Cameroon 41 from Nkolobondé, on soil and surface in the
village; Cameroon 44 from location BOU, 05.iv.2001, on soil and surface
in forest understorey
- Myrmicaria
congolensis - Cameroon 107 from Bella, 24.iv.2001, on soil and
surface in the village
- Myrmicaria
congolensis crucheti - Cameroon 43 from location BOU,
05.iv.2001, on soil and surface in a forest understorey; Cameroon 67
from location BOU, 18.iv.2001, in a nest constructed among dead leaves
and attached to a living tree branch on the ground. Cameroon 104 from
Nkolobondé, 24.iv.2001, a single specimen from among a number of Dorylus
kohli collected on a trail near secondary growth fields
- Myrmicaria
natalensis eumenoides - Cameroon 122 from Kouedjina,
20.iv.2001, noted simply as terricolous ants
- Odontomachus
troglodytes - Cameroon 48 from location EBO, 09.iv.2001, in
leaf litter; others were Cameroon 63 from location TM, 10.iv.2001, on
sandy banks of a forest river
- Oecophylla
fusca - Cameroon 64 from location TM, 10.iv.2001, on flowers of
Leonardoxa africana africana
- Oecophylla
longinoda - Cameroon 01 from Ebodjé, 24.iii.2001, on plants
near the beach; Cameroon 79, BOU, 18.iv.2001, on plants
- Oecophylla
longinoda claridens - Cameroon 56 from location EBO,
10.iv.2001, on a lianescent plant
- Oecophylla
rubriceps - Cameroon 120, Kouedjina, extreme south-east,
15.ii.2001, on cocoa tree
- Pachycondyla
(Bothroponera) soror - Cameroon 57 from location EBO,
10.iv.2001, on the soil surface at sardine oil bait
- Pachycondyla
(Brachyponera) decolor - Cameroon 88 from N'kolobondé,
18.iv.2001, and Cameroon 108 from Bella, 24.iii.2001; in both cases on
the soil surface in the village
- Pachycondyla
(Brachyponera) ruginota - Cameroon 40 from N'kolobondé,
05.iv.2001, on the soil surface in the village
- Pachycondyla
(Paltothyreus) tarsata - Cameroon 15 from location BP, 24
.iii.2001, on the soil surface at sardine oil bait
- Paratrechina
longicornis - Cameroon 92 from Kribi, 15.iv.2001, in herbaceous
vegetation about 20 cm tall (garden of the Catholic Mission), moving
feverishly
- Pheidole
impressifrons - Cameroon 46 from Nkolobondé, 05.iv.2001, on
soil and surface in the village; Cameroon 82 from location BOU, nest in
a dead hollow branch (external diameter 6 cm, internal diameter 2 cm)
- Pheidole
nigeriensis - Cameroon 58 from location EBO, 10.iv.2001, on
soil and surface at sardine oil bait
- Pheidole
nkomoana - minors only - Cameroon 121 from Kouedjina, extreme
south-east, 15 February 2000
- Pheidole
pulchella - minors only - Cameroon 09 from location TM,
24.iii.2001; on soil and surface in forest understorey
- Pheidole
pusilla - minors only - Cameroon 73 from location BOU, 18
.iv.2001, nest on a big tree under bark comprised of large scaly plates
- Pheidole
speculifera - minors only - Cameroon 71 from location BOU, 18
.iv.2001, nest in the ground
- Polyrhachis
militaris - Cameroon 106 from location JFK, 24.iv.2001, on
lianas and dead trunks in a treefall gap
- Solenopsis
geminata type form - Cameroon 04, 24.iii.2001, from location
Ebodjé, on soil and surface in the village; Cameroon 94 and Cameroon
98, from Kribi, 15.iv.2001, both on soil and surface at sardine oil
bait; and Cameroon 95 from location Kribi, 15.iv.2001, in herbaceous
vegetation in the garden of the Catholic Mission
- Solenopsis
geminata innota - Cameroon 49, 9.iv.2001, from location Ebodjé,
on soil and surface in the village
- Tapinoma
lugubre - Cameroon 39 from Nkolobondé, 05 .iv.2001, on soil and
surface in the village
- Technomyrmex
parviflavus - Cameroon 2 from Ebodjé, 24.iii.2001, on sandy
soil and surface near the beach
- Tetramorium
simillimum - Cameroon 95 from Kribi, 15.iv.2001, in herbaceous
vegetation, about 20 cm tall, in garden of Catholic Mission
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Savannah species
- Camponotus
(Myrmotrema) olivieri pax - Cameroon 129 from 30 km east of
Poli at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) pompeius - Cameroon 130 from 30 km east of Poli
at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) roubaudi - Cameroon 131a from 30 km east of Poli
at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) agonius - minor worker; Cameroon 131b from 30 km
east of Poli at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Camponotus
(Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus - Cameroon 124 from 30 km east of
Poli at a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Crematogaster
(Crem.) gerstaeckeri - Cameroon 123 from 30 km east of Poli at
a Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Monomorium
afrum - Cameroon 125 & 128b from 30 km east of Poli at a
Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Pachycondyla
(Megaponera) analis - Cameroon 131 from 30 km east of Poli at a
Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Pheidole
sculpturata Cameroon 128 from 30 km east of Poli at a
Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Pheidole
ingenita Cameroon 126b from 30 km east of Poli at a
Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
- Tetramorium
sericeiventre - Cameroon 126, from 30 km east of Poli at a
Sudan-Guinea savannah location, 15.vi.2001
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References (in chronological order)
McKey group
- McKey, D. (1984)
- Interaction of the Ant-Plant Leonardoxa africana
(Caesalpinaceae) with its obligate inhabitants in a rainforest in
Cameroon. Biotropica, 16, 81-99.
- McKey, D. (2000)
- Leonardoxa africana (Caesalpinaceae) a complex of
mostly allopatric species. Adansonia, 22, 71-109.
- Gaume, L., Matile-Ferrero & McKey, D. (2000)
- Colony foundation and acquisition of coccoid trophobionts
by Aphomomyrmex afer (Formicinae): co-dispersal of queens and
phoretic mealybugs in an ant-plant-homopteran mutualism? Insectes
Sociaux, 47, 84-91.
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