Loboponera politula Bolton & Brown

Type location Nigeria (Bolton & Brown, 2002: 5, illustrated, worker), IITA, Ibadan, 16.vii.1974, sample no. 62, by B. R. Critchley ; worker only known .

The Bolton & Brown description is at .

WORKER - TL 3.4-3.7 mm, HL 0.70-0.73, HW 0.60-0.64, SL 0.48-0.52; distinguished by lack of erect hairs, petiole apex flattened.

Bolton & Brown (2002) also listed findings from -
Ivory Coast, Banco National Park (Forest) nr. Abidjan, 18.iii.1977, primary forest litter, I. Löbl.
Ghana, Mampong, 10.viii.1970, P. Room, and, Bunso, nr Tafo, R. Belshaw.
Nigeria, near Ibadan, 26.vii.1981, secondary forest, no. 10, A. Russell-Smith.

Presumably, the Loboponera new species (1) found in Ghana, three workers listed by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b) in leaf litter samples from secondary forest at Bunso (17.iv.1992) and cocoa at Effiduase (17.xi.1992).

The photomontage is collated fromhttp://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003093. The specimen is from Cameroon, Campo Reserve, Massif des Mamelles, 15.1 km 84° E Ebodjé 180 m, 2°35.7'N 9°57.6'E, 4.iv.2000, B L Fisher#2296; sifted litter, leaf mold, rotten wood in rain forest