Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) semiruber Emery
Type location Cameroun
(Technonmyrmex semiruber n.
sp., Emery, 1899e: 489, worker) collected by Conradt; worker only
described
(see Bolton, 1995) .
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Emery's (1899e) description is at . Bolton's (2007: 35) re-description, not
illustrated, is at .
Forel (1911d) wrote of Technomyrmex
zimmeri, now synonymized with Technomyrmex
schoutedeni, as resembling Technomyrmex semiruber but
that
has the gastral apex terminal; appendages with erect hairs, the head
shiny and the propodeum much shorter and more domed.
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The photomontage of a
syntype worker is collated from - http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905075.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Technomyrmex semiruber
B Taylor det.
Queen |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 191
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17-22.v.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Leaf litter, winkler
funnel
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2
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The
photomontage is of a queen from Gabon, Pongara; collector Yves
Braet (Gabon 191).
My diagnosis is speculative but it is of the right size
and
general colouration, pubescence, etc.
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