Oecophylla rufescens Santschi new status

Type location - Congo (63. - Oecophylla longinoda LATR. v. rufescens n. var., Santschi, 1928f, worker and queen) collected at Brazzaville, by A. Weiss, worker & queen types; also from Cameroun, Molundu; Zaïre, Dungu, by Hutereau, and Yambata, by DiGiorgi - no images on Antweb (October 2014).

Santschi's (1928f) description is at . A dark form but with mandibles brown rather than black as in fusca and funiculi wholly brown, rather than with a light area as in annectens. Santschi noted how a queen of Crematogaster stadelmanni was found with the Oecophylla and remarked on the apparent mimicry of form This is certainly true of the queen below and the Cr. stadelmanni queen on the linked page.

Colour red-brown, brown-rust to darker, mandibles brown, scape concolourous

Oxford University Museum specimens

Oecophylla rufescens B Taylor det.	Central African Republic P Annoyer	6.vi.1998 Dzanga-Sangha 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E		2
Oecophylla rufescens B Taylor det. Queen dealate	Central African Republic P Annoyer KQ	23.x.2008 Dzanga-Sangha 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E	567 m; Camp 2; 23.x18h-6h Sur plate-forme à 40 m du sol dans un kungu, à 50 m du camp	1
Oecophylla rufescens B Taylor det. Queen alate	Central African Republic P Annoyer GA	16.ii.2005 Dzanga-Sangha 02°53'25.9" N 16°10'26.4" E	409 m; 19h-6h; Camp 5 Sur plate-forme à 40 m du sol dans un Kosipo (Entandrophragma candollei, Meliaceae)	1

The photomontage is of workers from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; Bayanga-Lidjombo, 06.vi.1998; collector Philippe Annoyer.

The photomontage is of a queen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; Bayanga-Lidjombo, 06.vi.1998; collector Philippe Annoyer.