Technomyrmex (Technomyrmex) schoutedeni Forel
Holotype collected from Zaïre (Forel, 1910e: 447, worker,
male & queen) collected at Bena Dibele, by Luja; all forms
described (Wheeler, 1922 and Bolton, 1995)
.
Bolton (2007:34) has added Engramma simmeri r. okiavoensis
to a junior synonym of schoutedeni.
Forel's (1910e) description is at
.
Forel's (1916) description of okiavoensis is at
.
Bolton's (2007) re-description is at
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WORKER - TL 3.6-4.3 mm; palp formula 6,4; apical margin of clypeus
widely excavated; mandibles large, slightly shiny, extremely finely
striated or shagreened with several piligerous punctures; scape
surpasses occiput by about 1/6 its own length; alitrunk weakly convex
with a marked suture; mesonotum dorsum slightly long than wide, with
raised spiracles; propodeum strongly domed as in semiruber,
spiracles well raised tubercular with a strong hair; head and pronotum
subopaque, partly matt, very densely puncturate, rest of alitrunk matt
and densely reticulo-punctate; gaster shiny but finely reticulate;
very few erect hairs, 2-3 yellowish on alitrunk; pubescence yellowish,
very fine, quite distinct and abundant throughout; brown, mandibles
dull red, gaster dull yellow or slightly brown; related to andrei |