Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi
Type location Gabon
(Plectroctena gabonensis n.
sp., Santschi, 1919a: 336, worker; Bolton, 1974b: 323, queen)
Libreville, Chalot worker and
queen described (Bolton, 1974b, not illustrated) .
Note - Bolton & Brown (2002: 11) revised
this to
a junior synonym of minor.
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Santschi's (1919a) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1974b) is at
WORKER - TL 12.8-14.0 mm; similar to minor but
slightly smaller; first gastral tergite with transverse groove very
weak, usually only visible in middle of sclerite; eye smaller. Colour
deep red-brown (minor is black).
Original collection from Libreville, Gabon, by Chalot,
1.xii.1897.
Bolton (1974b) lists records from Gabon, Equatorial
Guinea
(Fernando Po I.) and Zaïre - 6 findings. Now known from Cameroun,
collected by the Campo Forest study (Bolton, Dejean & Ngnegueu,
1992), four samples, two from soil, one from rotting wood and one from
an abandoned termitarium of Cubitermes banksi.
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