Monomorium vaguum Santschi
  Type location Zaïre
(Monomorium (Lampromyrmex) vaguum,
n. stirps, Santschi, 1930a: 68, illustrated, worker & queen;
Bolton, 1987:
418, not illustrated) collected at Leopoldville, G. Maes, vi.1918 - see
below.
Worker and queen described  .
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 Santschi's
(1930a) description is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1987) is at  .
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 Nigeria
specimen (as Diplomorium lujae, Taylor 1980a: 27). WORKER. TL
1.54 mm, HL 0.39, HW 0.31, SL 0.25, PW 0.19
Colour yellow-brown, darker on gastral apex, smooth and unsculptured,
shiny. Erect hairs sparse but relatively long. Bolton (1987, not
illustrated) gives the presence of a distinct clump of hairs on the
anterior pronotum as diagnostic.
In Nigeria, it nests in dead wood and in
crevices on trees, including cocoa. A moderately common species, found
on 0.1-0.2% of cocoa trees at CRIN (Taylor, 1981). Tends aphids and may
build or utilise tents. Also found on oil palm. Recorded from CRIN by
B. Bolton (in Bolton, 1987), who saw the specimen in my voucher
collection and told me that it was not Diplomorium lujae
(personal communication); he does not, however, note my specimen in his
list of material examined. Compare also with Diplomorium
longipenne.
Elsewhere from eastern and southern Africa.
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 The
photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913862.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det.
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Ghana
S Sky Stephens
05G0003
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2005
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in personal
collection of S Sky Stephens
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1
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
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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2
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Sample 2
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31.vii.2008
Balangue
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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2
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 92
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8.viii.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Edge of savannah;
yellow tray trap
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2
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-8
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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 vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-15
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E |
24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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2
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-18
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4° 15' 33" S
15° 17' 5" E |
24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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Monomorium vaguum
B Taylor det. |
Congo
E Zassi
02-t-2
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6-7.ii.2008
Lésio-Louna
03°20'12.0" S
015°28'43.6" E
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Village Mah; 24h
pitfall trap
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Ghana, collected by S Sky
Stephens, 2005 (05G0003).
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National
Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 92).
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 The photomontage is of a dark brown worker from Congo,
Brazzaville; collectors Yves Braet
& Eric Zassi (t-1-8).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna,
Village Mah; collector Eric Zassi.
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 The photomontage is of a
specimen from Cameroun; Boga; 3°53'60"N 10°46'60"E; lowland
area elevation <250m;
Tuna bait in fallow; 21.xi.2007;
coll. A Fotso Kuate (fk monomorium sp3). Also from Balangue;
aphid survey; 31.viii.2008;
coll. A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 02).
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