Ants collected in Gabon by Yves Braet, 2006
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The Ants of Africa Ants collected in Gabon by Yves Braet, 2006 |
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Four months of field work in Pongara National Park, Gabon, 0°34'N-9°19'E, by Yves Braet led to the collection of 144 taxa of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) belonging to 8 sub-families. One hundred and ten of the taxa are recorded for the first time in Gabon. The results are tabulated according to habitat (littoral zone, savannah, forest or mangrove) and by collection method. A full description of the Pongara National Park, the collecting activities and an analysis of the ant identifications now has been published. Braet, Y. & Taylor, B. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) récoltés. Bulletin S.R.B.E./K.B.V.E., 144, 157-169. The list below includes a few amendments to the identifications. Techniques: WF = Winkler Funnel; MT = Malaise Trap; SN = Sweep Netting; BJ = yellow tray traps; PT = Pitfall Trap; time period of trap operation as given. |
| Subfamily | Species determination | Notes * = first Gabon record (outside Gabon, in Africa) | Location in Park (technique) | Date (all in 2006) | Taylor Nos |
| AMBLYOPONINAE | Prionopelta humicola Terron | * (holotype from Cameroun; another from Rwanda) - 2 specimens | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 222 |
| CERAPACHYINAE | Cerapachys foreli (Santschi) | (West Africa & Congo Basin) - queen | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 183 |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma longiceps (Wheeler) | * (Zaïre) | Point Wingombe, botanic path (MT) | 9.vi-26.vii | Gabon 45 |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma lugubre (Santschi) | * (Zimbabwe, Cameroun, Nigeria) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 112 |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe; edge of lagoon (SN) | 17.vii | Gabon 58 |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Tapinoma modestum Santschi | * (Zimbabwe and ? Nigeria) | On fallen tree ("falling") | 3.viii | Gabon 127 |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Technomyrmex (Engramma) andrei (Forel) | * (Congo Basin & Nigeria) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 218 (as T. wolfi) |
| DOLICHODERINAE | Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) semiruber Emery | * (Cameroun & Nigeria) - queen, diagnosis is questionable as undescribed | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 191 |
| DORYLINAE | Dorylus (Anomma) congolensis Santschi | * major & other workers | Pointe Wingombe; edge of path (SN) | 13.viii | Gabon 09 |
| DORYLINAE | Dorylus (Anomma) congolensis Santschi | * (widespread) media & minor | Pointe Wingombe; on forest road | 20.vi | Gabon 10 |
| DORYLINAE | Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery | * 1 major or more likely media - like subspecies impressus Stitz from Equatorial Guinea | Found in or on dead wood | 09.vi | Gabon 210 |
| DORYLINAE | Dorylus (Dorylus) depilis diagnosis probably depilis (Emery) | * (widespread) media | Point Wingombe; termitarium | 27.v | Gabon 08 |
| DORYLINAE | Dorylus (Dorylus) spininodis Emery | * (widespread) media | Point Wingombe | 20.ii | in nest of sea turtle, Dermochelya coriacea; collector Maité Ikaran; ex Yves Braet |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) maynei Forel | * (Zaïre) minor | South Point Ngombe, lagoon edge, | 14.v-11.vi | Gabon 43 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus (F Smith) | (widespread) minor | Resthouse, Point Ngombe | 27.vi | Gabon 42 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmosaga) schoutedeni Forel | * (widespread) minor | Edge of forest road (MT) | 2.viii-18.viii | Gabon 41 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmosaga) schoutedeni Forel | * (widespread) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 115 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 27.vi-23.vii | Gabon 40 & 44 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr | * (widespread) minor [unmounted] | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 119 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel | (widespread, Congo Basin southwards) | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 203 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel | (widespread, Congo Basin southwards) minor | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 120 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri Forel | * (widespread) major | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 122 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus (Fabricius) | * (widespread) major | Pointe Denis; savannah (SN) | 22.vii | Gabon 38 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) acvapimensis Mayr | (widespread) major | yellow traps at edge of savannah | 78.viii | Gabon xx |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) brutus (Forel) | (widespread) major | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 123 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) brutus (Forel) | (widespread) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge (MT) | 9.vi-27.vi | Gabon 39 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) congolensis (Emery) | * (widespread) three sizes of workers - many | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 205 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi Emery | * (type location for holotype worker Cameroun) - major undescribed - 4 majors & 2 minors mounted | Found in or on dead wood | 09.vi | Gabon 213 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi Forel | * (Congo Basin) - majors & minors | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 164 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) pompeius Forel | type location Gabon - majors & 1 minor | Found in or on dead wood | 09.vi | Gabon 214 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) pompeius Forel | type location Gabon - minor | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 165 |
| FORMICINAE | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) posticus Santschi | * (Congo Basin & Kenya) media worker | WF of leaf litter | 9.vi-20.vi | Gabon 163 |
| FORMICINAE | Lepisiota mota (Santschi) new status | * (type location Angola) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 106 |
| FORMICINAE | Lepisiota ngangela (Santschi) | * (type location Angola) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 117 |
| FORMICINAE | Lepisiota oculata (Santschi) | * (Zaïre) | Pointe Wingombe; edge of lagoon (SN) | 17.vii | Gabon 48 |
| FORMICINAE | Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) | variety (widespread) major | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (SN) | 02.vii | Gabon 14 |
| FORMICINAE | Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) | variety (widespread) major | Kengéré road, under trees (SN) | 9.vii | Gabon 15 |
| FORMICINAE | Oecophylla fusca in fusca-group | * minor (?) | Pointe Wingombe (MT, one week) | 23.vi-25.vii | Gabon 13 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni (Forel) | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe (MT, one week) | 23.vi-25.vii | Gabon 16 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni (Forel) | * (widespread) | Forest soil (WF) | 27.v | Gabon 126 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni (Forel) | numerous specimens | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 230 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni (Forel) | * (widespread) (not photo'd) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 171 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina grisoni (Forel) | * (widespread) (not photo'd) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 139 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina incallida (Santschi) | * (São Thomé I, holotype only) | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 23.vii-19.viii | Gabon 56 (Paratrechina albipes) |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 27.vi-23.vii | Gabon 54 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) | * (widespread) - 5 specimens - unmounted | Found in or on dead wood | 09.vi | Gabon 211 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) | * (widespread) - many specimens | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 209 |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) | * (widespread) | Point Ngombe (by hand) | 18.vii | Gabon 55 (YB Paratrechina longicornis) |
| FORMICINAE | Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) | * (widespread) (not photographed) | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 162 |
| FORMICINAE | Paraparatrechina subtilis (Emery) | * (Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroun) | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge (MT) | 9.vi-27.vi | Gabon 57 |
| FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis concava André | (widespread) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 96 |
| FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis decemdentata André | (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe (MT, one week) | 23.vi-25.vii | Gabon 60 |
| FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker) | (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 27.vi-25.vii | Gabon 59 |
| FORMICINAE | Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker) | seven workers | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 204 |
| MYRMICINAE | Baracidris sitra Bolton | (type location Plateau d'Ipassa Gabon) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 167 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler | * (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia) - 3 specimens | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 66 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus guineensis (F Smith) | (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 46 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus pygmaeus André | * (widespread) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 109 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi | * (widespread) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 110 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus vorticus Bolton | * (West Africa & Congo Basin) | On fallen tree ("falling") | 4.viii | Gabon 128 |
| MYRMICINAE | Cataulacus weissi Santschi | (widespread) alate queen |
Pointe Wingombe; forest edge (MT) | 9.vi-27.vi | Gabon 39 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr | (widespread) major | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 102 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr | * (widespread) {unmounted] | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 118 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr | (not photographed) | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 161 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr | (not photographed) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 170 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr | (not photographed) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 131 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) kasaiensis Forel | * (Zaïre) [unmounted] | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 121 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) resulcata Bolton | * (South Africa & Cameroun) | Point Wingombe; under trees (PT) | 20.vii | Gabon 04 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) resulcata Bolton | (South Africa & Cameroun) | On fallen tree ("falling") | 4.viii | Gabon 129 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) resulcata Bolton | * (South Africa & Cameroun) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (MT) | 9.vi-26.vii | Gabon 06 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) wasmanni Santschi | * (Zaïre) minor | Resthouse, Point Ngombe | 27.vi | Gabon 01 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) wasmanni Santschi | * (Zaïre) minor | Point Wingombe; lagoon edge (SN) | 17.vii | Gabon 02 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) wasmanni Santschi | * (Zaïre) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 104 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Atopogyne) wasmanni Santschi | * (Zaïre) minor | Kengéré road, under trees (SN) | 9.vii | Gabon 03 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) brunneipennis André | * (Sierra Leone) | Under trees (MT) [entry corrected from Crematogaster (Atopogyne) kasaiensis] | 17.v-9.vi | Gabon 07 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Nematocrema) stadelmanni Mayr | * (widespread) | Point Wingombe; under trees (PT) | 20.vii | Gabon 05 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) gratiosa Santschi | * (Zaïre) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 107 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) gratiosa Santschi | (Zaïre) | Edge of track (SN) | 29.vii | Gabon 108 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Nematocrema) stadelmanni Mayr | (widespread) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 188 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) libengensis Stitz | (widespread) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 103 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) libengensis Stitz | * (two reports from Zaire) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 219 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) wilwerthi Santschi | * (West Africa & Congo Basin) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 105 |
| MYRMICINAE | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) wilwerthi Santschi | * (West Africa & Congo Basin) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 101 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium altinode (Santschi) | * (Congo Basin - Congo & Zaire) - numerous specimens | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 207 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium angustinode (Forel) | * (Zaïre) [unmounted] | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 116 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium angustinode (Forel) | * (Zaïre) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 94 & 96 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium borlei Santschi | * Angola |
Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 223 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi) | (West Africa & Congo Basin) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 186 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi) | (West Africa & Congo Basin) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 181 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium exiguum Forel | (widespread) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 100 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium exiguum Forel faurei Santschi | type location Gabon | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 114 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium exiguum Forel | widespread - 2 specimens | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 95 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium rosae Santschi | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe; edge of lagoon (SN) | 17.vii | Gabon 47 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium spectrum Bolton | type location Gabon | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 201 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium strangulatum Santschi | (widespread) | Pointe Denis; savannah (SN) | 22.vii | Gabon 11 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium tynsorum Bolton | * (Angola) | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) | 6.vii | Gabon 12 |
| MYRMICINAE | Monomorium vaguum Santschi | * (widespread) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 92 |
| MYRMICINAE | Myrmicaria natalensis (F Smith) | * (widespread) | Point Wingombe; under trees (SN) | 2.vii | Gabon 49 |
| MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) angolensis Santschi | * Angola & Zaire | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 226 |
| MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) debilis Santschi | * (type location Guinea) minor - diagnosis unsure | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 179 |
| MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) erythraeus Emery ? | * (type location Eritrea) minor diagnosis unsure | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 221 & 227 |
| MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex (Aeneleus) menozzii Ettershank | * (type location Fernando Po I) minor | Forest soil (WF) | 27.v | Gabon 124 |
| MYRMICINAE | Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) menozzii Ettershank | * (Fernando Po) minor diagnosis unsure | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 151 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole albidula Santschi | * (Cameroun & Zaïre) minor | Point Wingombe, botanic path (MT) | 9.vi-26.vii | Gabon 69 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole albidula (Santschi) | * (Ghana & Nigeria) minor | Point Wingombe, botanic path (MT) | 9.vi-26.vii | Not photographed |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole albidula (Santschi) | * (Ghana & Nigeria) minor - 2 specimens | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 33 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole andrieui Santschi | * (Mali) minor | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 142 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole bayeri Forel | * (Zaïre) minor | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (MT) | 9.vi-25.vi | Gabon 81 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole caffra Emery | * (widespread) major, possible close to type rather than the Zaïre subspecies, such as senilifrons | Degraded forest (SL#3) | 26.v | Gabon 31 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole concinna Santschi | * (Congo, type location) 2 minors | Pointe Wingombe; edge of lagoon (SN) | 17.vii | Not photographed |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole concinna Santschi | * (Congo, type location) minor | Pointe Wingombe (MT, one week) | 23.vi-25.vii | Gabon 26 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole concinna Santschi | * (Congo, type location) minor - 2 specimens | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 23.vii-19.viii | Gabon 67 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole decarinata Santschi | * (Mali) major | Under trees (MT) | 17.v-9.vi | Gabon 34 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole escherichii Forel | * (Eritrea) minor ? | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, grove of trees) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 74 & 78 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 22 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) soldier & many workers | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 208 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) 5 minors | Pointe Wingombe; edge of lagoon (SN) | 17.vii | Gabon 25 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) 2 minors | Edge of forest road (MT) | 2.viii-18.viii | Not photographed |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) soldier | Pointe Denis; savannah (SN) | 22.vii | Gabon 30 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 23.vii-19.viii | Not photographed |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) | (widespread) soldier | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge (MT) | 9 vi-27.vi | Gabon 29 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole melancholica Santschi | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 87 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole melancholica Santschi | * (Congo, type location) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 32 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole melancholica Santschi | * (widespread) major new status | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 35, 36 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole mylognatha Wheeler | * (Zaïre) minor | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 90 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole mylognatha Wheeler | * (Zaïre) minor | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (SN) | 18.viii | Gabon 84 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole mylognatha Wheeler | * (Zaïre) minor | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 140 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole nkomoana Forel | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Wingombe (MT, one week) | 23.vi-25.vii | Gabon 86 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole occipitalis André | * (widespread) minor | Degraded forest (SL#3) | 26.v | Gabon 68 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole occipitalis André | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 21 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole prelli Forel | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah; 24 h PF at edge of a small clump of trees (L Voliat & L V Guieu | 16.vii | Gabon 75 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole pusilla (Heer) | * (widespread in West Africa & Congo Basin, but confused with Pheidole megacephala) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 168 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole pusilla (Heer) | * (widespread in West Africa & Congo Basin, but confused with Pheidole megacephala) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (MT) | 9.vi-25.vi | Gabon 73 & 85 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole schultzei Forel ebangana Santschi | * (Angola) minor | Point Wingombe, botanic path (MT) | 9.vi-26.vii | Gabon 82 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole schoutedeni Forel | * (Zaïre) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 27.vi-25.vii | Gabon 89 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole schoutedeni Forel | * (Zaïre) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge (MT) | 9.vi-27.vi | Gabon 83 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole schoutedeni Forel | * (Zaïre) minor | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 77 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole
stephensi |
* minor (species E) |
Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, edge of beach) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 71, 72 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole spinulosa Forel nexa Forel | * (southern Africa) minor | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 141 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole squalida Santschi | * (Congo & Cameroun) minor | Pointe Wingombe; forest edge and mini-savannah edging lagoon (MT) | 23.vii-19.viii | Gabon 23 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr | * (southern Africa) 4 minors | Degraded forest (SL#3) | 26.v | Gabon 24, 27 & 88 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr | * (southern Africa) 3 minors | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 220 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr | * (southern Africa) 2 minors | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (MT) | 9.vi-25.vi | Gabon 80 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole termitophila Forel | * (widespread) minor | Pointe Wingombe; on forest road | 20.vi | Gabon 70 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole termitophila Forel | * (widespread) 2 minors | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 76 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole termitophila Forel | * (widespread) minor | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 91 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pheidole variolosa Emery | * majors & minors (Somalia & Eritrea) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 143 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pongara pongarensis new genus & new species | * | Pointe Denis; savannah (SN) | 22.vii | Gabon 28 (YB Pheidole 1) |
| MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Glamyromyrmex) ravidura Bolton | * (Cameroun, two collections) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 134 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serrastruma) dotaja (Bolton) | (Cameroun & Gabon) 4 specimens | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 225 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Serrastruma) ludovici (Forel) | (widespread) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 224 |
| MYRMICINAE | Pyramica (Smithistruma) tacta (Bolton) | * (West Africa & Congo Basin) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 184 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Brown | * (widespread) - see Gabon 61 | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 154 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Brown | * (widespread) - see Gabon 61 | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 202 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Brown | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 61 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Brown | * (widespread) - see Gabon 61 | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 234 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Brown | * (widespread) - see Gabon 61 | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 176 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys bernardi Bolton | * (West Africa) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 144, 145 & 146 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys korahyla Bolton | * (type location Cameroun) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 174 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys rogeri Emery | (widespread) - several specimens | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 233 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys rogeri Emery | (widespread) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 175 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown | (Gabon, Cameroun & Uganda) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 196 |
| MYRMICINAE | Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown | (Congo Basin) | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 153 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) muscorum Arnold | (West Africa & Congo Basin) - several specimens | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 185 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) muscorum Arnold | (West Africa & Congo Basin) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 232 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) angulinode Santschi | Bolton form | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 187 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium anxium (Santschi) | * (type location Guinea) | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 159 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium geminatum Bolton | (type location Gabon) 4 workers & 1 queen | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 158 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium geminatum Bolton | (type location Gabon) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 199 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium geminatum Bolton | (type location Gabon) | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 155 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium geminatum Bolton | queen, type location Gabon but queen not described | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 190 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler | * (West Africa & Congo Basin) queen - never described | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 156 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minimum Bolton | * (West Africa) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 136 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minimum Bolton | * (West Africa) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 137 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minisculum (Santschi) | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 20 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minisculum (Santschi) | * (West Africa & Sudan) | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 157 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minisculum (Santschi) | * (West Africa & Sudan) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 180 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium minisculum (Santschi) | * (West Africa & Sudan) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 133 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery | (widespread) paler, less heavily sculptured | South Point Ngombe (Kengéré) under trees edging beach | 17.vii | Gabon 19 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery | (widespread) | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, grove of trees) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 17 & 18 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum (F Smith) | * (widespread tramp) | Forest soil (WF) | 27.v | Gabon 125 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum (F Smith) | * (widespread tramp) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 189 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum (F Smith) | * (widespread tramp) - many specimens, 1 queen | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 231 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum (F Smith) | * (widespread tramp) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 169 |
| MYRMICINAE | Tetramorium simillimum (F. Smith) | * close to old variety exoleta (widespread) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 97 |
| MYRMICINAE | Yvesi gaboniensis tentative name for a novel Myrmicine Queen | may be an Oligomyrmex | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 173 |
| PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae Forel | * (widespread) queen | Point Wingombe; termitarium | 27.v | Gabon 65 |
| PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae Forel | * (West Africa) | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 135 & 138 |
| PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae Forel | * (widespread) queen | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 197 |
| PONERINAE | Anochetus katonae Forel | * (widespread) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 166 |
| PONERINAE | Anochetus siphneus Brown | * (West Africa) | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 150 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera sp undet male | . | Savannah (MT) | 17.v-09.vi | Gabon 206 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera cammerunensis (Santschi) | * (Cameroun) 3 workers only known | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 148 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera dulcis (Forel) | * (widespread) [not photographed] | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 152 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera dulcis (Forel) | * (widespread in East Africa, 1 report from Guinea) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 200 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera dulcis (Forel) | * (widespread) | Point Wingombe; termitarium | 27.v | Gabon 37 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera dulcis (Forel) | * 4 specimens (widespread | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 228 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi) | * (Zaïre) - holotype worker only known | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 147 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera lea (Santschi) | * (West Africa) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 194 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera lea (Santschi) | * (West Africa only) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 229 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera myrmicariae (Wasmann) | * (type location Cameroun) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 192 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera rothkirchi (Wasmann) | * (Cameroun & Fernando Po) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 195 |
| PONERINAE | Hypoponera rothkirchi (Wasmann) | * (Cameroun & Fernando Po) - numerous examples | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 182 |
| PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes (Santschi) | (widespread) - not photographed | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 132 |
| PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes (Santschi) | (widespread) not photographed - 4 specimens | Found in or on dead wood | 09.vi | Gabon 212 |
| PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes (Santschi) | (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 51 |
| PONERINAE | Odontomachus troglodytes (Santschi) | (widespread) | Pongara base (WF) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 160 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) pongarensis new species | * one specimen | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 215 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) siivestrii Santschi | * (West Africa & Tanzania) | On or under tree bark, Okoumé | 24.vii | Gabon 99 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) soror (Emery) | * (widespread) | Pointe Wingombe, under trees (PF) | 20.vii | Gabon 50 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) soror (Emery) | * (widespread) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 217 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) soror (Emery) | * (widespread) (headless, not photo'd) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 172 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) decolor (Santschi) - new status | * (type location Senegal, also Cameroun) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 113 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) ruginota (Stitz) | * (type location Cameroun) | Sesame & forest (SN) | 7-8.viii | Gabon 111 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) ruginota (Stitz) | (widespread) | Edge of savannah (BJ) | 8.viii | Gabon 93 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) | (widespread) | Pointe Denis; savannah (PF, grove of trees) (L Volait collected) | 16.vii | Gabon 53 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Paltothyreus) tarsata (Fabricius) | (widespread) | Kengéré road, under trees (SN) | 9.vii | Gabon 52 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Trachymesopus) aenigmatica Arnold | * (type location South Africa) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 177 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Trachymesopus) brunoi Forel | * (widespread) | Pongara base (WF; series 2) | 8.vi-20.vi | Gabon 178 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Xiphopelta) picea (Bernard) | * (type location Guinea) | Leaf litter (WF) | 17-22.v | Gabon 149 |
| PONERINAE | Pachycondyla (Xiphopelta) senegalensis (Santschi) | * (Senegal, Guinea & CAR) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 198 |
| PONERINAE | Phrynoponera bequaerti Wheeler | * (Zaïre) queen only described | Riverine leaf litter (72 h WF) | 8.viii | Gabon 130 |
| PONERINAE | Phrynoponera gabonensis (André) | type location Gabon (widespread) | Leaf litter (WF) | 27.vi-10.vii | Gabon 216 |
| PONERINAE | Ponera coarctata (Latreille) | * (tramp species but only one prior record in sub-Saharan Africa) | Leaf litter (WF, series 2) | 17-22.v | Gabon 193 |
| PSEUDOMYRMICINAE | Tetraponera angolensis (Santschi) new status | * (type location Angola) | Kengéré road, mangroves (SN) | 11.vi-19.vi | Gabon 62 |
| PSEUDOMYRMICINAE | Tetraponera mocquerysi (André) | * (widespread) | Point Wingombe; termitarium | 27.v | Gabon 64 (YB Tetraponera ledouxi) |
| PSEUDOMYRMICINAE | Tetraponera unidens (Santschi) | * (widespread) | South Point Ngombe, lagoon edge, | 14.v-11.vi | Gabon 63 |
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Ants from Gabon, collected by Yves Braet