Pyramica (Smithistruma) marginata (Santschi)

Type location Kenya (Epitritus marginatus n. sp., Santschi, 1914b: 114, illustrated, worker & queen; as Miccostruma marginata in Brown (1948e: 123, see Bolton, 1995) Shimoni, xi.1911, Alluaud & Jeannel - see below.

Worker and queen described .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at . Bolton's description (1983), as Smithistruma marginatus, is at .

WORKER - TL 1.2-1.3 mm; 4-segmented antennae; distinctive clypeal shape, with anterior border concave; postpetiole smooth and shining; colour uniform dull yellow to yellowish-brown (Bolton, 1983: 312, not illustrated).

From West Africa, Bolton (1983) listed only findings from Ivory Coast, at Adiopodoumé and Man (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret); others were from Kenya and Zimbabwe.

A single worker was found in Ghana, at Mankrang Forest Reserve, in leaf litter under primary forest by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0178314.

The photomontage of a worker from Kenya is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0178314.