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  Brachyponera decolor (Santschi) - new status

Brachyponera decolor (Santschi) - new status

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} 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 {original description}.


{Pachycondyla decolor}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
{album}
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
{album}

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


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

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