Oligomyrmex (Aneleus) silvestrii (Santschi)

Major - Minor - Type location Ghana (as genus Aneleus, Santschi, 1914d: 357, illustrated, major & minor) collected at Aburi by F. Silvestri; also from Guinea, Mt. Nimba, first male description (Bernard, 1952: 239, illustrated); major, minor and male described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914d) description is at . Bernard's (1952) description of the male is at .

From Guinea, Bernard (1952) described this species (as Aneleus silvestrii) as apparently common in the Mt. Nimba area. Major & minor workers were taken at Nion, 700 m; in the leaf litter sievings of the north-east forest (Villiers); at Ravin I in the forest and on the crests of Mount Tô. The male specimen, which he described and illustrated, came from Nion.

Reported as found in Ghana in cocoa leaf litter at the Mampong Cemetery farm (Room, 1971).

The photomontage of a minor is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0409327
Collection details - Locality: Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré; Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga; 03°00'18"N 016°11'36"E, 420m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF4100. Date: 10-17 May 2001. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample No.: 08.