Pyramica (Smithistruma) tacta (Bolton)

Type location Ivory Coast (Smithistruma tacta sp. n., Bolton, 1983: 317, not illustrated, worker), collected at Droplieu by V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret, 10.x.1980) .

Bolton's description (1983) is at .

WORKER - TL 1.7-1.8 mm; 4-segmented antennae; pronotum sharply marginate and with longitudinal carina; separated by shape and pilosity of clypeus from marginata; wider head (CI 65-70) and shorter scapes (SI 61-67) than vodensa; colour yellow to yellowish-brown.

Other Ivory Coast collections by the same workers were at Monogaga and Mt. Tonkoui, Man at 900m.

From Ghana, Bolton himself found it at CRIG; and recently it was described as widespread, from their leaf litter samples (56 workers from 8 sites) in the semi-deciduous forest zone, by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

Known from Cameroun, at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) and near Yaoundé (G. Terron); also from Zaïre. (Bolton, 1983).

The photomontage of the holotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102556.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Pyramica tacta B Taylor det.

Gabon Y Braet Gabon 184

17-22.v.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E

Leaf litter, winkler funnel

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The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 184).