Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni Mayr
  Type location Mozambique
(Plagiolepis Brunni nov.
spec., Mayr, 1895: 148, worker) Delagoa Bay, Dr Brauns - see below
subspecies nilotica (Plagiolepis
brunni Mayr var. nilotica
nov. var., Mayr, 1904b: 7, worker) from South Sudan, Kaka - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915712
pubescens (Plagiolepis
Brunni Mayr v. pubescens
n. v., Forel, 1913a: 140,
worker) from Zimbabwe, Plumtree, G Arnold - see below
(see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Mayr's (1895) description is at -  . A translation by Arnold (1922a: 603) is
at -  . Mayr's 1904b description of nilotica
is at  . Subspecies pubescens notably
pubescent, while type lacking in pubescence.
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 Nigeria
specimen (Taylor, 1978: 41).
WORKER. TL 1.32 mm, HL 0.36, HW 0.31, SL 0.30, PW 0.19
Colour yellow, shiny and no sculpturation. Few erect hairs and only
sparse pilosity. Promesonotal and metanotal sutures marked. Propodeum
with an obtusely curved angle.
An abundant species, commonly found on over 7% of cocoa
trees and at 65/76 farms, but seems to play no significant role in the
ant mosaic. Will tend aphids and occasionally builds tents. Also found
foraging on native trees, kola, oil palm and plantain (Taylor, 1977;
Taylor & Adedoyin, 1978).
Listed
from Guinea, at Mamou by F. Silvestri, by Wheeler (1922), also
widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
Nests in dead twigs and under the bark on living trees.
Also found in Ghana, on cocoa mistletoe at the
Mampong Cemetery farm (Room, 1971, 1975); and on cocoa at Kade (Majer,
1975) but not listed by Majer (1976b).
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 The
photomontage of the
type worker is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915711
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 The
photomontage of the
type worker of pubescens is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909847
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det. |
Benin
S Tchibozo
Benin 1
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27.viii.2006
Bonou
06°50-55' N
02°20-30'E
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Forêt de
Gnanhouizoumè, Pitfall trap
held by Tapinoma modestum
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det. |
Cameroon
Francis Feugang
3D7
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26.viii.2009
Yaoundé
03°52' N
11°31" E
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sur le cadavre de
rat, capture par le fillet
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 115
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22.xi.2000
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile
11°21' N
34°27' E
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pyrethrum fogging of
Acacia senegal
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3
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 183 |
26.vi.2001
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile
11°21' N
34°27' E |
pyrethrum fogging of
Acacia senegal |
1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 385
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19.x.2001
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile
11°21' N
34°27' E
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pyrethrum fogging of
Acacia senegal |
1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) brunni
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 398
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20.x.2001
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile
11°21' N
34°27' E
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pyrethrum fogging of
Acacia senegal |
1
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 The
photomontage is of specimens from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal;
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile, 11°21' N 34°27' E; 22.xi.2000, JM 115; 3 workers
Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile - 11°51' N 34°15' E, 4 trees
(7) [JM "Pristomyrmex"]
Abu Gmein, as above, 6 trees (12)
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 The
photomontage is of workers from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal;
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile, 11°21' N 34°27' E; 19.x.2001, JM 385; one worker.
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The photomontage is of a specimen from Benin,
Bonou, Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè, 06°50-55 N 02°20-30'E; Pitfall trap; S
Tchibozo; 27.viii.2006. The specimen was held in the jaws of a worker
of Tapinoma modestum.
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