Paratrechina zelotypa (Santschi)

Type location Kenya (Prenolepis jaegerskioldi var zelotypa, Santschi, 1915c: 264, worker, raised to species Santschi, 1919b: 238); worker only .

Santschi's (1915c, 1919b) descriptions are at . He noted very similar to weissi but the latter is much less shiny and more yellow, with the sides of the head more convex (near straight in zelotypa). Also known from Zimbabwe.

Nigeria specimens (as Paratrechina species 1, Taylor, 1978: 27). WORKER TL 1.99 mm, HL 0.57, HW 0.49, SL 0.65, PW 0.34
Overall colour brown, shiny but with dense pubescence on gaster and head. Head with abundant short erect hairs. Alitrunk with four pairs of erect hairs in line on dorsum, two pairs of smaller erect hairs on pronotum outside of the main line. Promesonotal and metanotal sutures distinct.
Nests in leaf litter and in dead wood on the soil, also under bark on a living tree. Found foraging on cocoa, where it was quite common, on 0.1-1.0% of cocoa trees, tending aphids and perhaps building debris tents (Taylor, 1977). Also found foraging on the soil, oil palm and coffee.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens, 2006. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .

The photomontage is of a specimen from Congo, pitfall trapped by Yves Braet & Eric Nzassi, 2007. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .