| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma
danitschi Forel |
* type location Kenya, Fundu Island
on Lannea schweinfurthii (Tree 3/66) |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma
luteum (Emery) |
reported from Meru, Tanzania, in an Acacia
stem; also known southwards to South Africa (type location)
Single finding of one specimen on Dicrostachys cinerea
(Tree 2/34) |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma
minimum Mayr |
type location Tanzania, Tanga
Four findings, two on Acacia nilotica (Trees 5/55/ &
5/63), 1 & 4 specimens; one on Acacia zanzibarica (Tree
5/28), 1 specimen; and, one on Combretum molle (Tree 2/31)
single specimen |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma
modestum Santschi |
* type location Zimbabwe.
three findings; one on Acacia nilotica (Tree 5/56), 2
specimens; two on Lannae schweinfurthii (Trees 3/66 &
3/67) many & 23 specimens |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma
schultzei (Forel) |
known from Tanzania but diagnosis questionable as,
like all Tapinoma the specimens crush as they dry out.
Two findings; one on Acacia zanzibarica (Tree 5/17), 3
specimens; and one on Combretum molle (Tree 3/65), 1
specimen |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma mcgavini new species Tanzania |
* possible new species on Combretum
molle (Tree 2/18) |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Tapinoma mkomaziae new species
|
* possible new species on Terminalia
brownii (Tree 3/68), 1 specimen |
| DOLICHODERINAE |
Technomyrmex
pallipes (F Smith) |
* new status - type location Mauritius;
reported from Kenya; single dealate queen & 3 workers on two
different trees
one on Dichrostachys cinerea (Tree 2/37), one queen; and,
one on Lannea schweinfurthii (Tree 3/66) 4 specimens |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmacrhaphe) rotundinodis Santschi |
* prior records from Uganda & Zaïre, new
senior synonym of Camponotus tameri (Weber) from Sudan
One specimen on Acacia zanzibarica (Tree 5/17) |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmisolepis) erinaceus Gerstäcker |
type location Arusha, Tanzania
One finding of 3 specimens on Heywoodia lucens (Tree 3/51) |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr |
wide ranging in East Africa, Mozambique to Somalia
One finding of 17 specimens on Acacia nilotica (Tree 5/64) |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmopelta) kollbrunneri (Forel) |
* type location Ethiopia
One finding on Heywoodia lucens (Tree 3/50), 4 specimens |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmosaga) mombassae Forel - revived status |
* previously known only from holotype worker from
Mombasa, Kenya
One finding of 3 workers on Ochna holstii (Tree 3/56) |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr |
* widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. Known as a
quite common ground-nesting species that forages on trees
Five findings - 3 on Acacia zanzibarica (Trees 5/16, 5/17 &
5/28), 19-46 specimens; 1 on Grewia sp (Tree 2/15), 1
specimen;
1 on Terminalia brownii (Tree 3/68), 6 specimens |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmotrema) ilgii Forel |
* single dealate queen only; first report from
Tanzania; earlier reports from spines of Acacia fistula
Schwf. and Acacia bussei Harms
One finding, single specimen on Ochni holstii (Tree 3/56)
|
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Myrmotrema) robecchii Emery |
* widespread in eastern Africa
Four findings; three on Acacia zanzibarica, 1-3 specimens;
one on Terminalia brownii, 1 specimen |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius |
common pan-African species; ground-nesting and
foraging
Single finding, one specimen on Dicrostachys cinerea (Tree
2/34) |
| FORMICINAE |
Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) minusculus (Viehmeyer) - new status |
new status - type location Tanzania,
Manow, Bez. [District] Langenburg (southwest Tanzania);
Five findings, all on Acacia nilotica, 43-72 specimens on
each tree.
Likely co-dominant |
| FORMICINAE |
Lepisiota
depressa (Santschi) |
* type location Kenya (Coastal area, River Ramisi)
Single finding of one specimen on Acacia dendropanolobium
(Tree 5/60) |
| FORMICINAE |
Plagiolepis
chirendensis Arnold |
* type location Zimbabwe (nests under bark of dead
trees).
Single finding of one specimen on Acacia nilotica (Tree
5/64) |
| FORMICINAE |
Plagiolepis
pictipes Santschi |
* type location Mbuyuni, Kenya, holotype specimen
only.
Single finding of one specimen on Grewia sp (Tree 2/15) |
| FORMICINAE |
Plagiolepis
sudanica Weber |
* sole previous record from type location, Imatong
Mountains, southern Sudan.
Five findings; one on Acacia zanzibarica (Tree 5/17), 2
specimens; one on Combretum molle (Tree 3/65), 1 specimen;
two on Heywoodia lucens (Trees 3/50 & 3/51), many and 12
specimens; one on Ochna holstii (Tree 3/56), 3 specimens |
| FORMICINAE |
Polyrhachis
cubaensis Mayr |
reported from Kenya south to South Africa; known
to nest in hollow stem galls
Single finding of three specimens on Terminalia brownii
(Tree 3/68) |
| FORMICINAE |
Polyrhachis
schistacea (Gerstäcker) |
common pan-African savannah species; ground
nesting but known to forage on bushes and to tend homoptera
Two findings; one on Acacia nilotica (Tree 5/64), 8
specimens; one on Acacia zanzibarica (Tree 5/28), 10
specimens |
| FORMICINAE |
Polyrhachis
viscosa F Smith |
common pan-African savannah species;
ground-nesting but known to forage on trees and bushes
Six findings all with single figures for specimens; two on Acacia
nilotica (Trees 5/63 & 5/64); two on Combretum molle
(Trees 3/64 & 3/65); one on Lannea schweinfurthii (Tree
3/67); and, one on Terminalia brownii (Tree 3/68) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Cataulacus
huberi André |
* almost all prior reports are from West Africa
and the Congo Basin, with one from Uganda
Single specimen found on Heywoodia lucens (Tree 3/50) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Cataulacus
intrudens F Smith |
widespread in Eastern Africa, from Somalia south
to South Africa; this appears to match a described Tanzania variant
of a "very variable species"
Five findings; two on Lannea schweinfiurthi (Trees 3/66 &
3/67); two on Acacia nilotica (Trees 5/55 & 5/63); and,
one on Grewia sp (Tree 2/15); in low numbers |
| MYRMICINAE |
Cataulacus
kenyensis (Santschi) |
* type collection from Nairobi, Kenya
Four findings; three on Acacia zanzibarica (Trees 5/17,
5/26 & 5/28), one with many specimens; one on Acacia
nilotica (Tree 5/63), single specimen |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) acaciae Forel |
* widespread but apparently uncommon in Eastern
Africa, from Somalia south to South Africa
Single finding, 2 specimens, on Heywoodia lucens (Tree
3/50) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) gallicola Forel |
* four known reports from Somalia south to South
Africa
Two findings; one on Combretum molle (Tree 2/18), 2
specimens; one on Lannea schweinfurthii (Tree 3/67) numerous
specimens |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) mimosae Santschi |
* type location Kenya, lower Mount Kenya in galls
of Acacia stenocarpa;, also known from Somalia and Ethiopia
Six findings; five as a dominant on Acacia zanzibarica
(Trees 5/16, 5/17, 5/26, 5/27 & 5/28); one of two specimens on
Ochna holstii (Tree 3/56)
|
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) nigriceps Emery |
several reports from Tanzania north to Ethiopia
and type location Somalia, from acacia spines
Four findings, all as a dominant on Acacia drepanolobium (Trees
5/58, 5/59, 5/60 & 5/61) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) rauana (Forel) |
new status; sole prior report as a variety
of gallicola was from Tanzania; near Moshi
Single specimen found on Heywoodia lucens (Tree 3/51) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) senegalensis Roger |
* two findings on Heywoodia lucens (Trees
3/50 & 3/51); one specimen on each |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) sjostedti |
widespread in Eastern Africa, from Somalia south
to South Africa; type location is Tanzania, Usambara
Three findings, probably as a dominant; two on Combretum molle
(Trees 2/25 & 2/31); one on Terminalia brownii (Tree
3/68) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Cr.) tricolor Gerstäcker |
revived status; widespread in Eastern
Africa, from Somalia south to Mozambique; this possibly matches the
described Tanzania variant bruta
Two findings; one as a possible dominant on Lannea
schweinfurthii (Tree 3/66); one of 25 specimens on Grewia
sp (Tree 2/15) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Decacrema) solenopsides Emery |
type location Tanzania, subspecies flavida
type location was Usambara in Acacia galls
Four findings; three of 4-49 specimens on Acacia nilotica,
(Trees 5/55, 5/56 & 5/57); one of a single specimen on Combretum
molle (Tree3/65) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) amita (Forel) |
* known from eastern and southern Africa; two
findings, both on Combretum molle (Trees 3/64 & 3/65), 4
& 2 specimens |
| MYRMICINAE |
Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr |
* first report from Tanzania; type location
Zimbabwe, other reports from Angola.
Three findings; one on Acacia nilotica (Tree 5/55), 2
specimens; two on Combretum molle (Trees 2/26 & 2/27) ca
25 specimens on each |
| MYRMICINAE |
Monomorium
pallidipes (Forel) |
type location Eritrea, other reports from Sudan,
Kenya and Tanzania (Kilimanjaro)
Four findings; three on Acacia nilotica (Trees 5/55, 5/63 &
5/64 - 11 specimens); one on Grewia sp (Tree 2/15), 1
specimen |
| MYRMICINAE |
Monomorium
speluncarum (Santschi) |
* holotype & 2 other workers known only from a
single site in Kenya
Single finding of four specimens on Heywoodia lucens (Tree
3/50) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Nesomyrmex
latinodis (Mayr) |
new status, type location Mozambique
Widespread sub-Saharan form that seems wrongly lumped with the
Egypt/North Africa type N. angulatus by Bolton
Ten findings of 1-7 specimens; five on Acacia nilotica
(Trees 5/55, 5/56, 5/57, 5/63 & 5/64), two on Combretum
molle (Trees 2/18 & 2/31); two on Lannea schweinfurthii
(Trees 3/66 & 3/67); and, one on Terminalia brownii
(Tree 3/68) |
| MYRMICINAE |
Tetramorium
caldarium (Roger) |
* tramp species with African records including
Kenya
Three findings of 1-2 specimens each; two on Acacia nilotica
(Trees 5/56 & 5/63); and one on Heywoodia lucens (Tree
3/50)
|
| MYRMICINAE |
Tetramorium
candidum Bolton |
* single previous record from type location in
eastern Zaïre, Bukavu
Single finding of 1 specimen on Heywoodia lucens (Tree
3/50) |
| PSEUDOMYRMECINAE |
Tetraponera
ambigua (Emery) |
* known from Ethiopia south to South Africa
Single finding of many specimens on Terminalia brownii
(Tree 3/68) |
| PSEUDOMYRMECINAE |
Tetraponera
bifoveolata (Mayr) |
first findng of a major worker; type location
Mozambique but known otherwise only from Tanzania and the Horn of
Africa.
Six findings; two on Acacia nilotica (Trees 5/63 &
5/64), many specimens & one queen; three on Acacia
zanzibarica (Trees 5/17, 5/26 & 5/28), 24, 3 & 7
specimens; plus a single specimen on Combretum molle (Tree
3/65) |
| PSEUDOMYRMECINAE |
Tetraponera
parops Ward |
reported without details from Kenya (type
location), Tanzania and Somalia, collected in dead twigs
Two findings of 14 and 19 specimens on Lannea schweinfurthii
(Trees 3/66 & 3/67) |
| PSEUDOMYRMECINAE |
Tetraponera
prelli (Forel) |
type location Tanzania, Monga; also from Moshi and
Usambara
Five findings; two on Lannea schweinfurthii (Trees 3/66 &
3/67), 1 & 20 specimens; two on Combretum molle (Trees
2/25 & 3/64), 1 & 2 specimens; one on Acacia nilotica
(Tree 5/55), 11 specimens |
