Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) pallipes (F Smith)
Type location Mauritius
(Tapinoma pallipes, F Smith, 1876: 447, worker) from Rodriguez
Island, collection by Gulliver - see below
junior synonyms (synonymy by Bolton, 2007: 39)
foreli (Technomyrmex albipes F. Sm. Foreli
n. subsp.,
Emery, 1893: 249, worker) from Madagascar, Tamatavé - see below
atrichosus
(Technomyrmex atrichosus, Viehmeyer, 1922: 214, worker) from Kenya,
Shirati, collected by Katona, v.1909 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0911582
affinis (Technomyrmex
albipes F Smith stirps Foreli Emery, var. affinis,
Santschi, 1914:
119, worker; Technomyrmex Foreli Em. v. affinis,
Santschi, 1930a: 71) from Kenya, Naivasha, Alluaud &
Jeannel, xii.1911 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0911585
brevicornis (Technomyrmex
brevicornis n. sp., Santschi, 1930a: 71,
illustrated, workers) from Angola, S.P. de Loanda, Silvestri,
24.ii.1913 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0911584
truncicolus (Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith) truncicolus,
subsp. nov., Weber, 1943: 380, worker) from Sudan, Equatoria,
Imatong Mts.,
6200 ft, N A Weber, 24.vii-5.viii.1939
primrosae (Technomyrmex
primrosae, Donisthorpe, 1949e: 273, worker) from Mauritius,
Le Pouce Mt., R Mamet, 2.xi.1948 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0102318 .
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Smith's (1876a) description is at . Emery's (1893f) description is at . Forel's (1910e) recorded albipes
foreli
from South Africa, with a brief description, this is at . Arnold's (1915: 150) translation of
Emery's original description is at . Santschi's (1930a) description is at . Weber's (1943c) description of truncicolus
is at . Donisthorpe's (1949e) description of primrosae
is at . Bolton's (2007) re-description,
illustrated, is at - Note the type location
is given as "ROGRIGUEZ I.".
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Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) affinis (Santschi)
Type location Kenya (Technomyrmex albipes
stirps foreli Emery, var affinis, nov., Santschi,
1914b:
119, worker; raised to variety of species foreli, Santschi,
1930a: 71, worker) worker only described.
Santschi's (1914b) description of affinis is at . Santschi (1930a: 70) gave further notes
and an illustration at .
Santschi (1930a) added Guinea, Kakoulima, by F.
Silvestri, as foreli, apparently mixed with T. moerens.
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The
photomontage of a syntype worker(s) is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102320
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det. |
Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye
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4.v.2009
Wassa
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W
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Sabodola 04-V-09
Wassa T1S1
Soudanian savannah, hand collection palm tree
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2
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Technomyrmex sp1
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5.v.2007
Awae II
03°54'30" N
11°25'58"
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Quadrat in forest
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2
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Technomyrmex sp6
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5.v.2007
Matomb
03°54'30" N
11°25'58"
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Quadrat in fallow
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1
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Technomyrmex sp4
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9.v.2007
Awae II
03°54'30" N
11°25'58"
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Quadrat in fallow
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3
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 2-37
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10.iv.1995
Mkomazi
3°54.75' S
37°48.58' E
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pkd collection from Dichrostachys cinerea
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1
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-66
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16.i.1996
Mkomazi
3°57.996' S
37°48.128' E
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pkd collection from Lannea schweinfurthii
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1
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Technomyrmex pallipes
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 5-28
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6.i.1997
Mkomazi
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pkd collection from Combretum molle; 37M 0374778 UTM
9553640
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1
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The
photomontage is of a worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game
Reserve; collector G McGavin (tree 5-28).
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The photomontage is
of a queen from Tanzania,
Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (tree 2-37). The queen has
not previously been
reported.
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Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) brevicornis Santschi
Type location Angola (Technpmyrmex brevicornis n. sp.,
Santschi, 1930a: 71,
illustrated, worker) collected at S. P. de Loanga, by F. Silvestri;
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995).
Santschi's (1930a) description is at .
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The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun;
Awae II; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk
technomyrmex sp1).
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The photomontage is
of a queen from Cameroun;
Awae II; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk
technomyrmex sp4).
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Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) foreli (Emery)
Holotype collected from Madagascar (Technomyrmex
albipes F. Sm. Foreli n. subsp.,
Emery, 1893: 249, worker; synonymy Santschi 1930a: 71) Tamatavé; raised
to
species, Santschi, 1930a: 71); all forms described (see Bolton, 1995).
Emery's (1893f) description is at . Forel's (1910e) recorded albipes
foreli
from South Africa, with a brief description, this is at , Arnold's (1915: 150) translation of
Emery's original description is at .
Wheeler (1922) has numerous locations in Madagascar,
Seychelles and southern Africa; Arnold (1915) noted - "common in moist
places under stones, etc."
Santschi (1930a) added Guinea, Kakoulima, by F.
Silvestri, apparently mixed with T. moerens.
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The
photomontage of a cotype from Madagascar is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101256
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The photomontage of a
cotype queen from Madagascar is collated
from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101666
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