Paratrechina kohli (Forel, 1916)

LaPolla, John S. & Fisher, Brian L., 2014, Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 422, pp. 35-48 : 43-45

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Paratrechina kohli (Forel, 1916) comb. rev. Figs 7-9

Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916: 438 (worker and queen decribed). Syntype worker and queen, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kohl) (MHNG) [examined]. Combination in Paratrechina ( Nylanderia ): Emery 1925: 218; in Prenolepis : LaPolla et al. 2010a: 129. Lectotype [designated here], pinned worker, Congo (Kohl) (MHNG: CASENT0907121) [examined]; Paralectotype [designated here], pinned queen with same data as lectotype (MHNG: CASENT0907122) [examined].

Worker diagnosis.

Head and mesosoma light brown to yellow with slightly darker gaster; mesosoma and head densely rugorecticulate; mandible with 8 teeth, one tooth on basal margin, another on inner mandibular margin.

Worker. Measurements (n=6) TL: 2.9-3.0; HW: 0.78-0.90; HL: 0.93-1.03; EL: 0.21-0.25; SL: 1.22-1.43; PW: 0.54-0.6; WL: 1.3-1.61; GL: 1.12-1.37; PFL: 0.84-1.04 CI: 79-85; REL: 22-25; REL2: 27-30; SI: 143-169; SMC: 0; PMC: 3-5; MMC: 1-3.

Light brown with darker gaster; head and mesosomal cuticle densely rugorecticulate; head, pronotum, mesonotum and gaster with scattered macrosetae; scapes without macrosetae, with layer of dense pubscence. Head subrectangular; posterolateral corners with slight angles; most of eyes above midline of head; eyes convex; no ocelli apparent; mandibles with with 8 teeth, one tooth on basal margin, another on inner mandibular margin; outer mandibular surface with slight striations across surface. In lateral view, pronotal margin nearly straight, at less than 45° angle rise towards mesonotum; pronotal/mesonotal margin with mesonotum raised slightly above margin; propodeum convex with rounded dorsal face and longer, steep declivitous face; metanotal suture with distinct impression.