Tetraponera mocquerysi (André)

Type location Sierra Leone (Sima mocquerysi, André, 1890: 319, worker) collected by Mocquerys; subspecies biozellata from Kenya (Karavaiev, 1931d: 42, illustrated, worker & queen), elongata from Tanzania (Stitz, 1911b: 378, illustrated, worker) and lutea from Zaïre (Kwidjwi Island, Lake Kivu, by Schubotz, in Stitz, 1911b: 381, illustrated, worker & queen) ; worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

NOTE - I have given Tetraponera lepida (Wheeler, 1922: 106, worker & queen) a new species status.

André's (1890) description is at . Stitz's (1911b) description of elongata is at . His description of lutea is at . Karavaiev's (1931d) description of biozellata is at .

Wheeler (1922) listed lepida from Zaïre (Faradje by Lang & Chapin, plus one from Yakuluku and a female from Garamba); and the species sensu lato also from Guinea (Kakoulima, F. Silvestri), Ghana (Chama, H. Brauns), Togo (Bismarckburg, Conradt), Equatorial Guinea, Congo areas and Ethiopia.

From Guinea, Bernard (1952) reported a queen from Yanlé and a worker from Camp I of Mount Tô (1500 m).

Forel (1911d) noted differences of prelli (from East Africa) as the frontal carinae being less close together than mocquerysi; the head similar with a straight or little concave posterior border having; the curve from dorsum to declivity of the propodeum being a little faster than mocquerysi and petiole node shorter and higher. The main distinguishing feature of prelli being the slightly enlarged anterior pronotum.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park; South Point Wingombe, 0°17.558' N 9°18.270' E; malaise trap, edge of lagoon; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at -