The Ants of Africa
Ants collected in Ethiopia by Serge Guiraud

* new record for Ethiopia

Guiraud collections all in the south-west Omo Region - see Ethiopia map.

Earlier records from the same area were given in Menozzi, C. & Consani, M. 1952. Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo. Rivista Biologia Coloniale, 11, 51-71. Collections by Prof Edoardo Zavattari in 1939.Ant findings from Caschei,  ca 04°50' N 36°30' E; El Banno, 04°85' N 37°04' E; and El Dire, , 04°59' N 37°07' E

Family Species Collection Date Collector Location Notes
Formicinae Camponotus (Myrmopelta) kollbrunneri Forel 20.i.2010 & 22.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 17 h
hand collected; major & minor workers 		Type location - West Abyssinia
Formicinae Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus (F Smith) 21.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 17 h
hand collected; minor worker 		*
Formicinae Lepisota oculata (Santschi) 21.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 17 h
hand collected		 *
Formicinae Oecophylla textor Santschi 21.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Mago N P; 05°40' N 36°10' E; 1490 m; 10 h
hand collected; 2 major worker		 *
Formicinae Polyrhachis decemdentata André 20.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 18 h
hand collected; 1 worker		 *
Myrmicinae Pheidole aeberlii Forel 19.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 17 h
hand collected; 1 minor worker		 * recorded from Sudan & Eritrea
Myrmicinae Pheidole caffra Emery 2009 ex Peter Hlavác Meta Ambo; 08°59' N 37°51' E; 2101 m; major & minor workers
Myrmicinae Pheidole erythraea Emery 2009 ex Peter Hlavác Addis Ababa; 09°1' N 38°44' E; 2355 m; major & minor workers * type location Eritrea
Myrmicinae Pheidole escherichii Forel 2009 ex Peter Hlavác Harer; 09°19' N 42°07' E; 1885 m; major  worker * type location Eritrea
Ponerinae Pheidole katonae Forel 20.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Jinka; 05°47' N 38°05' E; 1490 m; 17 h
hand collected; major & minor workers		 Type location Tanzania but first major described from Sagan-Omo
Ponerinae Pheidole sculpturata Mayr 13.i.2010 Serge Guiraud Yabelo; 04°53' N 38°05' E; 1857 m
hand collected; 1 major & 4 minor workers		 *
Ponerinae Pachycondyla (Paltothyrea) tarsata (Fabricius) 21.i.2010 & 23.i.2010
 Serge Guiraud Turmi; 04°58' N 36°29' E; 925 m; 8 h
hand collected; 2 workers mounted
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