The Ants of Africa
Genus Prionopelta
Prionopelta humicola Terron
{Prionopelta humicola}

Prionopelta humicola Terron

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Terron, 1974: 115, illustrated, worker & queen); worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Terron's (1974) description (that of the worker only) is at {original description}.

Terron describes collecting the unique holotype from Nsoung in the Manengouba massif to the west of Nkongsamba; the specimen was found at 1650 m altitude, on 7.xi.1971, in soil at the bottom of a tree. The unique paratype female came from a soil sample (Berlese funnel) at Nkolkomou, 750 m altitude, 15 km to the west of Yaoundé, on 4.vi. 1971. It was captured in forest in humus rich soil.

{Prionopelta humicola}The photomontage of a specimen from Rwanda is collated from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=CASENT0102504
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0102504; Locality Rwanda: [Rangiro]; Collection codes: ANTC4711; Date: Sep 1976; Collected by: P.Werner

{Prionopelta humicola}The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, collected by Yves Braet, 2006.

Other images can be seen in the folder(s) at - {original description}

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