Pyramica (Serrastruma) serrula (Santschi)
  Type location Congo (Strumigenys
Lujae Forel var. serrula nov., Santschi, 1910c: 390,
worker; raised to species, Strumigenys
serrula Sants., Santschi,
1911c: 361) Brazzaville, A. Weiss - see below
junior synonym uelensis
(Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) uelensis,
n. sp., Santschi, 1923: 289, illustrated, worker; synonymy Brown,
1952a: 81) from Zaïre,
Haut Uélé, L. Burgeon, xi.1919 - see below
(see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Santschi's
(1910c & 1911c) descriptions are at  . Santschi's (1923) description of uelensis
is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1983: 349, illustrated), as Serrastruma serrula, is at  .
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 Nigeria
specimen (as Serrastruma
species Bolton collected, Taylor, 1979: 47). WORKER. TL 1.96 mm, HL
0.45, HW 0.36, SL 0.26, PW 0.25. Entire body, except the gaster and
central area of lateral mesonotum, reticulopunctate, coarsest on the
head. Erect hairs few, most being on the gaster, relatively long,
narrow and clavate. Appressed narrow clavate hairs on the dorsal head
and alitrunk. Long sinuous hairs at the humeral angles and on the head
above the eyes. Colour dull yellow to yellowish-brown.
The specimen drawn was collected by me at the Cocoa Research Institute
of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre in 1975 but the details were mislaid. Bolton
collected it at Gambari from a tree stump and from under bark of a dead
log, although he did not list his findings in the 1983 review.
From Ghana listed by Bolton (1983) as known from
CRIG (himself) and Mampong (P.M. Room). the latter is in Room (1971)
from leaf litter under cocoa at the Mampong Cemetery farm. A single
worker was collected by pkd from Amelonado cocoa canopy at CRIG by
Bigger (1981a). Since described as widespread (823 workers from 16
sites) in their leaf litter samples in the semi-deciduous forest zone
by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).
Cameroun records given by Bolton (1983), at
Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) and near Yaoundé (G. Terron). Its feeding
habits, on entomobryomorph collembolans, were described by Déjean
(1980), also from Cameroun.
Other West African records are Ivory Coast, at
Bingerville and Tai Forest (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret), Lamto (J.
Lévieux), Anguédédou Forest and Banco Forest (W.L. Brown), and Divo (L.
Brader). Also from Chad, at Haut Mbomu (N.A. Weber).
Widespread elsewhere in Central Africa.
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101645
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 The
photomontage is of the uelensis type worker is collated from
- http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912835
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Pyramica serrula
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Sample 27
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3.ix.2008
Bandja
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Aphid survey
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2
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Pyramica serrula
B Taylor det. |
Congo
E Zassi
04-t-1-1
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16-17.xi.2007
Lésio-Louna
03°16'56.5" S
015°28'28.3" E
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Wooded Savannah; 24h
pitfall trap
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1
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Pyramica serrula
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
IV/JV
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15.x.2008
Dzanga-Sangha
03°03'58.3" N
16°08'59.6" E
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528 m; Camp 1;
18h-5h;
Sur plate-forme à 54 m du sol dans un Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon,
Sterculiaceae) à 50 m du camp
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1
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 The photomontage is of a
specimen from Cameroun; Bandja;
collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 27).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna,
S 03°16'56.5" E 015°28'28.3"; n sp 26; pitfall trap 04, t 1.1;
16-17.xi.2007; wooded savannah; collected by Eric Zassi (the details
are somewhat obscured by a thin covering of glue).
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 The
photomontage is of a queen from the Central African Republic,
Dzanga-Sangha NP; 15.x.2008; 18h-5h; Camp 1; 03°03'58.3" N 16°08'59.6"
E 528 m; Sur plate-forme à 54 m du sol dans un Ayous (Triplochiton
scleroxylon, Sterculiaceae) à 50 m du camp; collector Philippe
Annoyer (CAR JV).
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