Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton
 Type
location Ghana (Bolton, 1981a: 64, worker, not
illustrated), found in leaf mould at CRIG (B. Bolton, 29.x.1970),
also collected from primary forest leaf litter at Kibi (D. Leston,
24.iii.1970) (Bolton, 1981a)
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Bolton's description is at
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WORKER - TL 2.4 mm; differentiated by having the hair closest to
the apex of the outer margin of the clypeus elongate, simple and
fine; very small eyes; all dorsal surfaces, except the propodeum,
with large, conspicuous scale-like hairs.
Later, a total of 18 workers was found at three forest sites
(Southern Scarp Forest Reserve, Kade and Atewa Forest Reserve), by
Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).
Elsewhere from Ivory Coast rain forest at Nzi Noua (5
workers) and Sangrobo (1 worker) (W.L. & D.E. Brown, i.1977);
and from Angola (9 workers) (Bolton, 1981a). |
The photomontage is collated from