Brachyponera decolor (Santschi) - new status

Type location Senegal (Euponera (Brachyponera) sennaarensis Mayr var. decolor nov. var., Santschi, 1921c: 114, worker) from Senegal, at Ferlo, by Claveau .

Santschi's (1921c) description of decolor is at .

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915275.

This and the identical fresh specimens shown below have -
TL 4-4.5 mm; overall more slender than the type Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis; in full face view this has the head with more convex sides and a deeper occipital impression; the mandibles are unsculptured apart from sparse setal insertions; the pronotal dorsum is flat and more obviously bordered; the pubescence is finer and denser; variable brown to brown-orange.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Brachyponera decolor B Taylor det.	Cameroun G Debout & A Dalecky Cameroon 108	24.iii.2001 Bella 3°14.45' N 10°13.33' E	on soil surface in the village	2
Brachyponera decolor B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 113	7-8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Sesame & forest, sweep net	1

The photomontage is of workers from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 113).

The photomontage is of specimens collected in Cameroun - south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo (McKey Wolbachia project, Cameroon 108 ).