The Ants of Africa
Ants collected in Ivory Coast, Taï National Park
by Erena Dupont, 2014 (ex Yves Braet)
Sample tube labels.
Taï National Park, Station Scientifique du CRE (5°45'0"N 7°07'0"W), iii-v.2014, Eréna DUPONT col.
5.849734N 7.350116W = 5°50'59"N 7°21'0"W

YSBCI 2015-02-01 = 18.v.2014, on meat
YSBCI 2015-02-03 = 02.vi.2014, Dorylus sp.
YSBCI Mal T 2 = ?
YSBCI iii.2014
YSBCI Mal T 3 = v.2014
YSBCI 2015-31-5-2014 = 31.v-01.vi.2014, Dorylus (31.vD) and others
YSBCI 2015 Mal T 1 = ii.2014

* first Ivory Coast record
Details and photomontages for most on the linked species pages. Single collections unless stated. Almost all are known arboreal species, presumably in malaise traps due to foraging along supporting ropes.s
AENICTINAE
 Aenictus foreli Santschi - type location Ivory Coast (only published record), also identified by me from the Central African Republic - male only known
AENICTINAE Aenctus mutatus Santschi - type location Ivory Coast (both published records) - male only known
CERAPACHYINAE
 Sphinctomyrmex chariensis Santschi - type location Chad, also reported from Mali - male only known; this specimen darker than type *
DOLICHODERINAE
 Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) - type location French Guyana - common tropical tramp - two collections *
DORYLINAE
 Dorylus (Anomma) emeryi Mayr pulsi Forel - type location Cameroun/West Africa - other records from Ghana & Congo Basin - full range of workers *
DORYLINAE Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans Illiger - type location Sierra Leone - widely reported across West Africa & Congo Basin forests - 5 collections of many workers *
FORMICINAE
 Camponotus (Myrmopelta) barbarossa Emery - type location Cameroun - quite common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - 3 collections, major & minor worker *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus (F. Smith) - type location Sierra Leone - quite common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - 2 collections
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr - type location Ghana - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus Santschi - type location Nigeria - West Africa - 2 collections *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel - type location Angola - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aequatorialis Roger - type location Gabon, rare in Congo Basin, also Guinea *
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus (Fabricius) - type location "West Africa" - very common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa
FORMICINAE Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) rubripes (Latreille) - type location Sierra Leone (only published record), also identified by me from Liberia, two collections both of minor workers *
FORMICINAE Oecophylla claridens Santschi - type location Ivory Coast (only published record) - also identified by me from Cameroun
FORMICINAE Oecophylla species in fusca-group - fusca Emery - type location Cameroun - reported from Libera, Nigeria & Congo Basin *
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis bequaerti Wheeler - type location DRCongo (only published record) - records of Polyrhachis fissa from Ghana and Cameroun may be bequaerti *
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis decemdentata André - type location Sierra Leone - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - four collections
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius) - type location "Tropical Africa" - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - four collections
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis new species - holotype & one paratype worker - close to P. latispina from DRCongo
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis striativentris Emery - type location Ivory Coast - also recorded from Sierra Leone - 3 collections, with a queen
FORMICINAE Polyrhachis weissi Santschi - type location Congo - seemingly common forest species in West Africa and Congo Basin - 3 collections *
MYRMICINAE
 Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André - type location Senegal - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus difficilis Santschi - type location Benin (only published record), also identified by me from Benin, this specimen a probable queen *
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus elongatus Santschi - type location Angola, otherwise known from Ghana, Cameroun and CAR *
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus guineensis F. Smith - type location "Tropical West Africa" - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa
MYRMICINAE Cataulacus mocquerysi André - type location Sierra Leone - West Africa & Congo Basin *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Atopogyne) buchneri Forel - type location Angola - widespread in sub-Saharan Africa *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Atopogyne) clariventris Mayr - type location Congo - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - three collections, major & minor workers *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr. ) vidua Santschi - type location Ivory Coast (only published record) - also identified by me from several West African and Congo Basin countries
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Decacrema) costeboriensis Santschi - type location Ivory Coast (only published record) - also identified by me from several West African and Congo Basin countries
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Nematocrema) stadelmanni Mayr - type location Liberia - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Orthocrema) muralti Forel - type location Cameroun - several other records from West Africa and DRCongo *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Orthocrema) n sp - four workers
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Oxygyne) brevarmata Forel - type location DRCongo (single published location) - also identified by me from Central African Republic - queen *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr - type location Ghana - quite common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - 3 collections, workers & queen *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) nigeriensis Santschi - type location Nigeria (only published record) - also identified by me from Benin - 2 collections *
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) rugosa André - type location Gabon - several other records from West Africa and DRCongo - 2 collections
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) striatula Emery - type location Ghana - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - 3 collections, workers & queen
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) wellmani Forel boxi Donisthorpe - type location Ghana, boxi apparently West African - two collections *
MYRMICINAE Monomorium bicolor Emery - type location Ethiopia - pan-African tramp
MYRMICINAE Monomorium clavicorne André - type location Israel - other published records from Tunisia and Sudan - also identified by me from Senegal *
MYRMICINAE Pheidole impressifrons Wasmann - type location South Africa (variety atrocior from Sierra Leone) - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - minor worker *
MYRMICINAE Pheidole mayri Forel - type location Senegal (only published record) - also identified by me from Libera, Central African Republic & Congo - minor worker *
MYRMICINAE Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr - type location South Africa - widely reported from southern Africa ans identified by me from locations in the Congo Basin and Benin - 3 collections, major & minor workers *
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr - type location Ghana - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - 4 collections *
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz - type location Cameroun - several other records from West Africa and DRCongo - two colour forms both collected *
PONERINAE
 Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi - type location Kenya - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - queen
PONERINAE
 Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius) - type location Senegal - common and widespread in sub-Saharan Africa - four collections, workers, male & queen
PONERINAE Platythyrea conradti Emery - type location Cameroun - numerous records from West Africa and Congo Basin - three collections
PONERINAE Platythyrea tenuis Emery - type location Cameroun (only published record) - two collections (larger than type series workers) *
PSEUDOMYRMICINAE
 Tetraponera anthracina (Santschi) - type location Congo - numerous records from West Africa and Congo Basin *
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