Monomorium altinode Santschi
  Type location Congo (Monomorium
rhopalocerum Em. var altinodis nov., Santschi, 1910c: 359,
illustrated, worker; raised to species Santschi, 1914e: 18) collected
at Brazzaville by Weiss - see below
junior synonym bondroiti (Monomorium
altinode Sants. v. Bondoiti
n. var., Santschi,
1920b: 10, illustrated, worker) from Zaïre, collected at Upper
Lukuga, by Bondroit - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913552
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 Santschi's
(1910c) description is at  . Santschi's (1920b) description of bondroiti
is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1987: 375) is at  .
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 WORKER
- diagnosis as in key; TL 1.7 mm (in Bolton,
1987: 375, illustrated head and alitrunk profile).
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 The photomontage of the
type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913551
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Monomorium altinode
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Monomorium sp3
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21.xi.2007
Boga
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Tuna bait in fallow
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1
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Monomorium altinode
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 207
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17.vi-09.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Savannah, malaise
trap
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1
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Monomorium altinode
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-2
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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Monomorium altinode
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-19
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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2
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Monomorium altinode
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-20
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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2
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Brazzaville; collector
Yves Braet.
This and the other Congo collection listed above are
from
the type location. They share the flattened propodeum profile of the
Santschi (1910c) drawing.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National
Park, Savannah, malaise trap, 17.v-09.vi.2006; collector Yves Braet.
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 The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun;
Boga; 3°53'60"N 10°46'60"E; lowland
area elevation <250m; tuna bait in fallow; 21.xi.2007; collector A Fotso Kuate.
Note this may be
Monomorium tynsorum as there
seems very little to choose between them. The ranges of the two species
are identical, assuming one accepts that the single collection of tynsorum from Luanda, Angola, comes
from an ecosystem contiguous with that northwards through the Congos
and into Gabon and southern Cameroun. This worker appears close to the
Santschi (1920b) description and drawing of his variety bondroiti.
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