Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)

Jimoh, Bunmi Omowumi, Gomez, Kiko, Kemabonta, Kehinde Abike & Makanjuola, Winifred Ayinke, 1886, New records of non-native ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in four African countries, Belgian Journal of Entomology 119, pp. 1-14 : 13

7. Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)

First records for Nigeria and Tanzania.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. NIGERIA: • Lagos, Lufasi Nature Park , grassland/palms, 10 m, 6.468N, 3.655E, v.2019, (leg. B.O. Jimoh) .

TANZANIA: • Morogoro, Mikumi , 07.xii.2009, (leg. C. Jorom) .

Trichomyrmex mayri has been successfully introduced to many regions of the tropics but has less invasion capability compared to T. destructor ( BOLTON, 1987) . Trichomyrmex mayri covers a broad range of habitats which include desert, agricultural area, wild, urban/disturbed area and pristine environment ( SHARAF et al., 2016). Trichomyrmex mayri looks so much like T. destructor but the distinguishing difference is that the former has uniformity in body colour (its colour could either be brown or black) while the later has a bicoloured body (the head mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole are yellow to brown yellow while the gaster is dark brown) ( SHARAF et al., 2016).