Tetramorium pylacum Bolton

Type location - Ivory Coast (Bolton, 1980: 301, illustrated, full-face view, alitrunk and pedicel profile, worker) .

Bolton's description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.3-3.7 mm; clypeus with a strong median carina, plus flanking paired carinae with a pair of weaker rugulae between. Extensive wide rugoreticulum on the alitrunk and pedicel, plus the base of the first gastral tergite being finely and densely longitudinally costulate. All dorsal surfaces with numerous stout standing hairs, mostly blunt apically. Colour blackish brown, first gastral tergite lighter .

Described from the holotype and 4 paratype workers from Tai Forest (T. Diomande, 19.vi.1975); plus 2 workers collected from Nzi Noua, collector J. Lévieux, 17.iii.1969). No close relatives in West Africa (Bolton, 1980).

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901205

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium pylacum B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Tetramorium sp15	17.vii.2007 Awae II 03°54'30" N 11°25'58"	Quadrat in fallow	1
Tetramorium pylacum B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Sample 76	28.vii.2010 Nko’ondo 03°54'30" N 11°25'58"		1

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun; Awae II; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk tetramorium sp 15).

Both this and the worker below from a different Cameroun site are slightly bigger overall than the Ivory Coast specimens but appear otherwise identical to the Bolton (1980) description.

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun; Nko'ondo; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 76).