Aenictus guineensis (Santschi) stat. n.
Type location Guinea (Aenictus rotundatus stirps guineensis n.st.,
Santschi, 1924b: 204, illustrated, worker) from Kakulima,
collected by F. Silvestri; worker only described (see Bolton,
1995)  .
Santschi (1924b) gave a brief description, with illustrations,
this is at
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Given the distinctive shape of the petiole and postpetiole, also
the more smoothly rounded transition from the dorsum to declivity
of the propodeum, and the consistency with the specimen I drew
from a finding at CRIN, Nigeria (see below), I feel there is
justification to raise this to species status. |
Aenictus species 1
WORKER (Nigeria specimen) TL 2.36 mm, HL 0.51, HW 0.40, SL
0.23, PW 0.26
Colour orange. Sculpturation only of faint rugoreticulation on
the lateral mesonotum and propodeum. Erect hairs moderate both in
length and abundance. Head shape in front view more rectangular
than rotundatus. Anterior clypeal margin denticulate.
Mandible with slightly elongated triangular apex but only very
small denticles. Propodeum without posterior margination.
Subpetiolar process with a blunt anterior apex; subpostpetiolar
process blunt triangular.
Collected from leaf litter at CRIN (B. Bolton). |
The
photomontage is of a specimen from Ghana, collected by S
Sky Stephens, 2006.