Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi
Type location Uganda
(Plectroctena ugandensis n.
sp., Menozzi, 1933: 99, illustrated, queen) - see below; (see Bolton,
1995) .
Reported as queen only (Bolton, 1974b: 334, not
illustrated). Bolton & Brown (2002) presumably having seen workers,
although they do not say so, incorporated this species in a key to
workers. It appears that the species is similar to subterranea
but smaller, colour dark red. I find the situation confusing, as Bolton
(1974b) originally had subterranea as from Ivory Coast, as well
as Malawi and Zimbabwe. Now the new key (Bolton &
Brown, 2002) has subterranea only from Kenya, Malawi,
Zimbabwe and Namibia; but has these new records of ugandensis
from West Africa.
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and . Bolton's modern description (1974b) is at
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Holotype queen, collected at Bussu, Uganda, by E. Bayon.
Bolton (1974b) had a questionable finding from Zaire,
Coquilhatville, of two queens which he felt were ugandensis,
although the original Uganda holotype appears to have been lost.
Bolton & Brown (2002) reported findings from Ivory
Coast, Tai Forest, by T. Diomande; and Cameroun, nr
Yaoundé, by G. Terron, and Nzi, by A. Dejean. Their key separates
workers, so, presumably, despite there being no description, these
records refer to workers.
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The
photomontage of the type queen is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102133.
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The photomontage is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003114.
The specimen is from Zaïre, Epulu, 01°23'N 28°35'E, xi.1995, S
D Torti, ANTC1035; 750m, sifted litter, rain forest
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