Strumigenys bernardi Brown

Type location Zaïre ("Strumigenys new species Bernard ms", Brown,1954k: 16; Brown, 1960c: 206, worker; see Bolton, 1995); worker only described - no images on Antweb (February 2015) .

Brown's (1954k) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1983) is at .

WORKER - TL 1.7-2.1 mm; long bowed mandibles, usually with a single preapical tooth on the left mandibular blade (rarely with a minute denticle in addition to the single tooth); reticulate-punctate propodeal dorsum; colour dull yellow (Bolton, 1983: 356, not illustrated).

Listed by Brown (1954k) as known from Congo and Angola. Bolton (1983) added records from Cameroun, at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) and near Yaoundé (G. Terron); plus Gabon.

Note - although Bolton (1983) gave the colour as dull yellow, Brown (1954k) did not mention the colour

Oxford University Museum specimens

Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 61	20.vii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Pointe Wingombe, under trees, pitfall trap	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 144	8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Riverine leaf litter; 72 h winkler funnel	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 145	8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Riverine leaf litter; 72 h winkler funnel	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 146	8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Riverine leaf litter; 72 h winkler funnel	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 154	17-22.v.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Leaf litter, winkler funnel	3
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 176	8.vi-20.vi.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Pongara Base; winkler funnel	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 202	17-22.v.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Leaf litter, winkler funnel	1
Strumigenys bernardi B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 234	27.vi-10.vii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Leaf litter, winkler funnel	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 202). 

The photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 145).