Tetraponera liengmei (Forel)

Type location Mozambique (Sima Liengmei n. spec., Forel, 1894b: 88, worker & male; in Tetraponera, Wheeler, 1922: 798) collected at Delgoa Bay, by Dr Liengme
worker and male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894b) description is at . Arnold (1916: 181) gave a straight translation of Forel's note; this is at .

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907472.

The photomontage a syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902817.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetraponera liengmei B Taylor det.

Rep. of Congo D De Bakker & JP Michiels ex Y Braet

18.ix.2007 Mayombe 05°37'16" S 13°05'54" E

266 m asl Canopy fogging

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The photomontage is of workers collected in Congo, Mayombe; collectors D De Bakker & J F Michiels.

This is a good match for the above type collection specimens in both size and form.

TL 2.7 mm, HL 0.7 HW 0.54, SL 0.32, EL 0.19, PW 0.34; CI 82 SI 53 OI 28