Tetramorium amentete Bolton

Type location Ghana (Bolton, 1980: 266, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel).

Collected at CRIG (20.viii.1970) from a rotten branch on the ground by Bolton himself, together with four paratype workers. Other Ghana findings listed by Bolton include at Kukurantumi and Asamankese (D. Leston), Mampong (P.M. Room) and Kade (J. Majer). Recently described as widespread (106 workers from 8 sites) in leaf litter by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b) .

Bolton's description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.6 mm; has a distinctive petiole shape. Median portion of clypeus with three longitudinal carinae. Much of body with distinct rugulation. All dorsal surfaces with abundant, long acute hairs. Colour black, appendages dark brown .

From Ivory Coast, at ORSTOM (W.L. Brown, 7.i.1963), Divo (C.A. Collingwood) and Tai Forest (T. Diomande, 9.viii.1975).

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901114.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium amentete B Taylor det.

Liberia E Poirier Yekepa PF 1

29.iii.2013 Nimba County 07°33’38" N 08°32’33" E

Pitfall trap Degraded secondary forest 518 m asl

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The photomontage is of a worker from Liberia, Yekepa;  collector E Poiriet (Yekepa PF 1).