Anoplolepis kohli

Identification
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.

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

Nomenclature

 *  kohli. Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916: 438 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 218.
 * Combination in Prenolepis: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 129.
 * Combination in Paratrechina: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 44.
 * Combination in Anoplolepis: Boudinot et al., 2022: 142.

Worker
LaPolla & Fisher (2014) - (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 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.

Type Material
Syntype worker and queen, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kohl) [examined]. Lectotype [designated here], pinned worker, Congo (Kohl) (MHNG: CASENT0907121) [examined]; Paralectotype [designated here], pinned queen with same data as lectotype (MHNG: CASENT0907122) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
 * Forel A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24: 397-460.
 * Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.