Technomyrmex metandrei

Known from a small amount of material. The type-series and a single specimen which is slightly smaller than the smallest paratype and about as pale in colour. One of these collections was from a litter sample in rainforest.

Identification
A member of the Technomyrmex bicolor group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nomenclature

 *  metandrei. Technomyrmex metandrei Bolton, 2007a: 28 (w.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.

Worker
Holotype. TL 3.5, HL 0.84, HW 0.72, SL 0.87, PW 0.52, WL 1.22. Indices: CI 86, SI 121, OI 28, EPI 94, DTI 152.

Answering the description of Technomyrmex andrei except for colour, as follows. Head, mesosoma and petiole dull orange, gaster brown with extensive yellowish areas on the tergites. Gastral sternites 1 - 5 the same colour as the petiole. Front coxa same colour as mesosoma, trochanter yellow; femur and tibia as coxa or slightly lighter. Middle and hind coxae and trochanters pale yellow, femora and tibiae light brownish yellow; tarsi pale yellow. Setae on gastral segments 2 - 4 are mostly lost by abrasion or are adherent to the surface, but the setal pits are clearly visible.

Paratypes. (2, of which only smallest is measured as head of larger paratype is severely. crushed). TL 3.1, HL 0.76, HW 0.67, SL 0.84, PW 0.49, WL 1.10. Indices: CI 88, SI 125, OI 25, EPI 94, DTI 145.

First paratype (head crushed) as holotype but gaster darker and the paler dorsal areas less conspicuous. Setae are distinct on gastral tergites 2 - 4. Second paratype smaller than holotype. Head, mesosoma, petiole and legs yellow, the middle and hind coxae slightly lighter. Gaster brown with pale areas dorsally as in holotype.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Central African Republic: P.N. Dzanga-Ndoki, 37.9 km. 169°S Lidjombo, 2°22'N, 16°10'E, 360 m., 2I.v.2001, #4130, sifted litter (leafmold, rotten wood) rainforest, CASENT 0424010 (E.L. Fisher). Paratypes.2 workers with same data as holotype but CASENT 0420688 (head crushed) and CASENT 0425775 (CASC).