The Ants of Africa
Genus Pyramica Pyramica (Smithistruma) arahana (Bolton)
Pyramica (Smithistruma) arahana (Bolton)
Type location Cameroun
(Smithistruma arahana n. sp.,
Bolton, 1983: 300, worker, not illustrated), collected near Yaoundé by
G. Terron; holotype worker and one paratype worker, apparently from
separate samples .
Bolton's description (1983) is at .
WORKER - TL 2.5-2.6 mm; with extensive spongiform tissue
behind the petiole node, thicker than the length of the node; colour
dull brownish-yellow to light brown .