Paratrechina kohli (Forel 1916)

Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916 PDF: 438 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Democratic Republic of the Congo, coll. Kohl); CASENT0907121; MHNG AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Prenolepis (Prenolepis): Wheeler, 1922: 940.Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d PDF: 218.Combination in Prenolepis: LaPolla et al., 2010a PDF: 129.Combination in Paratrechina: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b PDF: 44.Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 940; Emery, 1925d PDF: 218; Menozzi, 1942a PDF: 179; Eidmann, 1944 PDF: 461; Bolton, 1995b: 314; LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b PDF: 44 (redescription).

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.