The Ants of Africa
Ants collected in the Central African Republic, Sangha, Ndoki National Park

by P. Moretto, 2012 (ex Yves Braet)
Sample tube labels.
Label 07 ? = 2012-12 : RCA, P.N. Ndoki, Lac 1, 02°28’51.0 N 016°13’04.5 E, 28-31.I.2012, forêt à Gilbertiodendron, piège malaise, Exp. Sangha 2012, P.Moretto leg.
2012-42 : RCA, P.N. Ndoki, Lac 1, 02°28’51.0 N 016°13’04.5 E, 1-3.II.2012, forêt à Gilbertiodendron, piège malaise, Exp. Sangha 2012, P.Moretto leg.
Label 06 = 2012-155 : RCA, P.N. Ndoki, Camp 1, 02°28’40.5 N 016°13’02.6 E, 1-2.III.2012. forêt dense diversifiée, piège iule, Exp. Sangha 2012, P.Moretto & A.Monziagou leg.
2012-95 : RCA, P.N. Ndoki, Lac 1, 02°28’51.0 N 016°13’04.5 E, 9-17.II.2012, forêt à Gilbertiodendron, piège malaise, Exp. Sangha 2012, P.Moretto leg.
* first CAR record
Details and photomontages for most on the linked species pages. Single collections unless stated.


DOLICHODERINAE
Technomyrmex senex Bolton - type location Gabon, widespread in West Africa and the Congo Basin - three collections
DORYLINAE
Dorylus (Anomma) terrificus Santschi - type location DRCongo *
FORMICINAE Axindiris okekai Snelling - type location Kenya (sole prior record) - 1 specimen (my first for photos) *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) longipalpis Santschi - type location DRCongo (sole prior record) - three collections, major & minor workers *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) brutus Forel - type location Angola, widespread in pan-African forests - minor worker
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon Forel - type location Angola, fairly common in the Congo Basin - minor worker
FORMICINAE Paraparatrechina albipes (Emery) - type location Cameroun, widespread in West Africa and the Congo Basin
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius) - type location "Tropical Africa), widespread in pan-African forests, two collections
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis new species - two workers (nearest relatives known only from Ghana) *
MYRMICINAE
Cataulacus mocquerysi André - type location Sierra Leone - widespread but uncommon in West Africa and the Congo Basin - queen
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Oxygyne) brevarmata Forel - type location DRCongo *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) gabonensis Emery - type location Gabon, widespread in West Africa and the Congo Basin - three collections
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) libengensis Stitz - type location DRCongo - uncommon in the Congo Basin
MYRMICINAE Pheidole aurivilli Mayr - type location Cameroun, widespread in West Africa and the Congo Basin - two collections, minor workers
MYRMICINAE Pheidole glabrella Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters - type location Cameroun, widespread in West Africa and the Congo Basin, minor worker
MYRMICINAE Pheidole retronitens Santschi - type location DRCongo - uncommon in the Congo Basin - minor worker
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr - type location Ghana, widespread in pan-African forests
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