Paratrechina arlesi Bernard

Type location Guinea (Bernard, 1952: 257, illustrated, worker), from Mt. Nimba, 10 workers from Ravine I of Mount Tô (stations B1,28 and B2.41), 2 workers from Ravine 3 (Lamotte, in Bernard, 1952); cotypes numerous workers from the same places; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Bernard's (1952) description is at .

WORKER - TL 2.8-3.1 mm; forebody brown, varying in darkness, gaster blackish, appendages clear brown. All shiny, without puncturation except on the propodeum which is finely puncturated on the dorsum and sides. Strong pilosity, made up of large brown erect hairs, over all the body; pubescence yellowish, fine and sparse.

Placed in subgenus Nylanderia Emery, by Bernard, who regarded it as in a group with other members known from Cameroun to Gabon. The others were P. grisoni Forel (type location Zaïre, with subspecies fuscula Menozzi, from Fernando Po), P. incallida Santschi (type location San Thomé I.), and lepida Santschi; but all three were smaller (TL 2.0-2.4 mm) and had an elongated propodeum, with a smooth propodeum. With arlesi the propodeum was broader than long, very enlarged towards the posterior, with two clear ridges toward the centre. In profile arlesi was steeply declined, being level or only slightly declined in the others. Other than the clear distinctions of the posterior shape of the thorax, arlesi had similar characters to incallida. Bernard dedicated the species to M. C. Arlès, artist from his laboratory who mounted and photographed many of the ants from Nimba.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Paratrechina arlesi B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Sample 3	31.viii.2008 Molyko 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	aphid survey	2
Paratrechina arlesi B Taylor det.	Ghana S Sky Stephens 06G0071	2006	In personal collection of S Sky Stephens	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun; Molyko; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 03)

The photomontage is of a second worker from Cameroun; Molyko

The photomontage of what appears to match Bernard's description is a specimen from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens (06G0071).

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0179590 Locality: Gabon: Ogooue-Maritime: Aire d'Exploit. Rationnelle de Faune des Monts Doudou, 24.3 km 307° NW Doussala; 02°13'35"S 010°24'35"E 370 m Collection codes: GA005516 Collected by: S. van Noort; Habitat: coastal lowland rainforest, undergrowth, low canopy in forest Date: 7 Mar 2000