Pyramica (Smithistruma) exunca Bolton
  Type location Cameroun
(Pyramica exunca sp.
n., Bolton, 2000: 302, illustrated, worker) Pan Pan-Matamb, 70 Km S of
Yaounde, 10.xi.1988, A Dejean  .
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Bolton's description (2000) is at  .
WORKER
- Ground pilosity of head is conspicuous, numerous small spoon-shaped
hairs; pronotum with only distinct curved spoon-shaped hairs; mesonotum
with 3-4 pairs of long, simple, erect hairs; TL 2.3-2.5 mm, HL
0.64-0.70, HW 0.38-0.41, SL
0.30-0.32, PW 0.25-0.28.
Note: The 1983
text on P. emarginata had -
widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. From West
Africa
records include Ivory Coast, at Lamto (J. Lévieux); Ghana,
at Mampong (P.M. Room); and Togo, at Palimé, Kpimé Forest (Vit)
(Bolton, 1983). Laboratory studies of its predatory habits and use of
chemical
attractants to lure Collembolan prey were described by Déjean
(1985). All those presumably related to exunca. Most being listed by Bolton
(2000).
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