Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi

Type location Guinea (Strumigenys rufobrunea n. sp., Santschi, 1914d: 373, worker & queen; Bolton, 1983: 389 and see Bolton, 1995) collected at Conakry by collector F. Silvestri, 1913 - see below .

Santschi's (1914d) description is at . Brown's (1954k: 17ff) notes (giving synonymies later reversed by Bolton) are at and . Bolton's modern description (1983) is at .

Nigeria specimen (as S. rogeri, Taylor, 1979: 55). WORKER. TL 1.74 mm, HL 0.51, HW 0.36, SL 0.26, PW 0.22 (listed in Bolton, 1983: 389, not illustrated).
Poorly developed preocular notch on ventrolateral edge only. Mandibles with minute first preapical tooth very close to the apical pair, second preapical tooth as long as the ventral apical tooth. Numerous fine hairs on the mandibles, including between the teeth. Mandibular shafts straight. Head including scapes, dorsal mesonotum and propodeum and petiole reticulopunctate. Dorsal pronotum faintly but fairly densely longitudinally rugose; lateral pronotum dull; lateral mesonotum and propodeum shiny, polished. Erect hairs moderately long and clavate; a pair of short sinuous hairs at humeral angles. Decumbent hairs on the head curved and moderately clavate; fringe hairs clavate-spatulate. Colour usually with head and alitrunk medium brown, gaster darker, sometimes uniformly dark brown.

In Nigeria Wheeler (1922) listed it from Olokemeji (F. Silvestri, in Santschi, 1914d). I found two workers in dead wood on ground and a queen at the base of a cocoa tree at CRIN (listed by Bolton, 1983). Ghana records at Legon (D. Leston) and Mampong (P.M. Room) (Bolton, 1983). Collected by Room (1971) from soil under Euphorbia at the Mampong Cemetery farm in Ghana. Described as widespread (1059 workers at 15 sites) from their leaf litter samples in the semi-deciduous forest zone by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b). Ivory Coast records from Adiopodoumé and Man (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret), Lamto (W.H. Gotwald) (Bolton, 1983). Togo record from Palimé, Kpime Forest (Vit) (Bolton, 1983).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912863. Listed by Bolton (2000)

Specimens in OUMNH Collection

Strumigenys rufobrunea B Taylor det.	Ghana S Sky Stephens 06G0026	2006	In personal collection of S Sky Stephens	1
Strumigenys rufobrunea B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3022	9.xi.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 1, série 1, variété Gouverneur; ground nesting	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Benin, collector J-F Vassieres (RVA 3022).

The photomontage is of a worker from Ghana, collector Sky Stephens (06G0026), 2006.

The photomontage of a worker from Ghana is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0280725. Listed by Bolton (2000)