Loboponera vigilans Bolton & Brown

Type location, Ivory Coast (Bolton & Brown, 2002: 7, illustrated, worker) Banco National Forest, nr Abidjan, 17.vi.1958, in rain forest, E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech, holotype plus 4 other workers; worker and queen known .

The Bolton & Brown description is at .

WORKER (Nigeria specimens) TL 6.02 mm, HL 1.37, HW 1.06, SL 1.06, PW 0.81 - size of specimen in my illustration (in my guide as Bothroponera species nasica group, and, in my earlier web pages as Pachycondyla species in nasica group).
Colour red-brown. Characterised by the coarse overall sculpturation of large fovea or hair-pits arranged in longitudinal parallel lines. Mandibles with five teeth, apex of mandible prolonged so that apices cross over when mandibles closed. Second gastral segment vaulted so that remaining gastral segments are directed anteriorly. Small simple spurs on middle and hind tibiae much reduced. Specimens collected from rotting wood in Nigeria, by B. Bolton.

Other findings listed by Bolton & Brown (2002) were from -
Ivory Coast - Banco National Park (forest), nr Abidjan, 14.iii.1977, 1 worker, dead wood sample, I. Löbl; Tai Forest, 17.x.1980, 4 workers, V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret; Agboville, Yapo Forest, nr Yapo-Gare, 21-22.vii.1977, 1 worker, forest litter, I. Löbl.
Nigeria, Gambari, 16.vii.1969, 6 workers, B. Bolton; IITA, nr Ibadan, 18.v.1981, 1 worker, secondary forest, No 2. A. Russell-Smith.
Cameroun, Nkoemvon, 24.iv.1980, D. Jackson; Mvini, Ottotomo and Pan Pan, all by A. Dejean.
Gabon, La Makandé, Forët des Abeilles, S. Lewis.
Zaïre, Kikwit, Kinzambi, A. Dejean.

Montage of my drawings and photographs collated from at Antweb species page. The photographed specimen is from Gabon, Woleu-Ntem, 31.3 km 108° ESE Minvoul, 600 m, 2°04'48"N 12°24'24"E, 07.ii.1998, B L Fisher#1648; sifted litter, leaf mold, rotten wood in rain forest

A further set of photographs of a paratype is on the Brian Fisher website at Antweb species page. The specimen is from Nigeria: nr. Ibadan IITA, no.7-24 for.; Collection Information: Collection codes: ANTC4572; Date: 18 May 1981; Collected by: A.Russell-Smith