Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi Emery
Type location Seychelle Is. (Emery, 1894a: 71, worker;
Forel, 1907a: 30, queen); junior synonyms augusti (Emery,
1921d: 317, replacement name for foreli, Mann, 1921: 473)
from Fiji Is., foreli (Santschi, 1920g: 165,
illustrated, worker) from Switzerland (on orchids in a
hothouse), mactavishi (Wheeler, 1908c: 166, worker) from
Society Is., and ornata (Santschi, 1920g: 166,
worker) from New Caledonia; worker & queen only known
(see Bolton, 1995)
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Emery's (1894a) description is at -
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Forel's (1907a) description of the queen, from Tanzania is
at -  .
Santschi's (1920g) illustrated description of foreli is at
-  .
Presumably a tramp species, but found well inland at Arusha in
Tanzania, possibly of East African origin. Santschi (1920g) gave a
record from Mombasa, Kenya. |
Plagiolepis species T¹ Nigeria specimens
WORKER (drawn specimen) - TL 1.15 mm, HL 0.31, HW 0.30, SL 0.23,
PW 0.17
Head and alitrunk yellow, gaster dark yellow-brown, very shiny.
Unsculptured, promesonotal suture faint but not metanotal suture.
Propodeum convex in profile. Erect hairs moderately abundant on
gaster and moderate pilosity on the head and alitrunk.
Thought to nest in dead wood on living trees. Uncommon in Nigeria
but collected on cocoa at CRIN and Apoje, and observed tending
Homoptera. |
The photomontage is collated from
http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005903
Collection details - Cameroon: Prov. Sud-Ouest; Bimbia
Forest, 7.4 km 119° ESE Limbe; 03°58'55"N 009°15'45"E,
40m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF2324. Date: 14
Apr 2000. Collected by: B.L.Fisher Method: EC19 sifted litter.
Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m.
Transect Sample No.: 17.
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Drawing from Wilson & Taylor (1967: 86 ff).