Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi (Mayr)

Type location Egypt (Prenolepis jaegerskioeldi nov. spec., Mayr, 1904b: 8, worker; Emery, 1910a: 130, queen & male); junior synonym borcardi (Prenolepis (Nylanderia) Jaegerskioeldi Mayr var. Borcardi, nov., Santschi, 1908: 533, illustrated male genitalia, all forms; synonymy Santschi, 1938a: 43); Bolton (1995) has type location as "North Africa" .

Mayr's (1904b) description is at and . Santschi's (1908) description of borcardi is at . Emery (1910a: 130) gave an illustrated description, this is at

Egypt records - type finding (Mayr, 1904b) from Cairo; Karavaiev (1911: 9) all forms from Cairo; Wheeler & Mann (1916) from Cairo; Alfieri (1931) listed 25 collections from Cairo and four Provinces in the 1925 survey; Donisthorpe (1942a) recorded many specimens from several locations around the Siaw Oasis, collected by J Omer-Cooper, June-August 1935; also Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi borcardi (Santschi, 1908: 533, illustrated all forms, apparently collected in Cairo by M Borcard). Santschi (1934d) in the public gardens of Alexandria, 8.viii.1933, workers. Donisthorpe (1947e) recorded borcardi from Siwa, 1 male in moth trap, 29.iv-1.v.1935, and 2 winged queens, 11 & 17.vi.1935.

Sharaf list - Material examined: Sallant (El-Daqahliya, Egypt), 28.iii.2003 (10 workers, 6 ?, 8 ?); Port Said, 26.viii.2003 (16); El-Koraymat (Giza), 23.vii.2003 (2); Abuzabal (Qalyubiya), 13.vi.2003 (12); High Dam (Aswan), 7.iii.2003 (1); Saloga Island (Aswan), 2.v.2002 (35); Abu-Swelam (El-Minyia), 29.vi.2003 (4) (SHC); Abu Rawash, 19.iii.1954 (4); Abuzabal (Qalyubiya), 13.iii.1999 (1) (ASUC); Giza, 2.iv.1954 (4 ?), Giza, 6.i.1955 (2 ?) (CUC).

Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Zeitoun (Cairo), 8.vi.1913; Maadi (Cairo), 18.iv.1914, 25.iv.1916; Egypt, (Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Alf.) Egypt (Det.Crawley, 1927); Sakkara road, 15.x.1933 (Coll.Min.) Abu Rawash, 19.iii.1954; Alexandria, 27.iii.1975; Cairo, 25.iv.1975, 10.vi.1975; Siwa oasis (Western desert), 9-13.iv.1976; Zifta (Nile Delta), 29.ix.1977; El-Shuhada (Nile Delta), 13.x.1977; Tanta (Nile Delta), 7.xii.1977; Baharyia oasis (Western desert), 4-6.iii.1979 (Coll.Ain.). Giza, 2.iv.1954, 6.i.1955 (Coll.Car.) Egypt (Det.Crawley, 1927) (Coll.Soc.)

El-Ziady (1958) included information that - "Recent finding (unpublished data) showed that the root aphid Triphidaphis phaseoli Thoe [(Passerini)?] on bean roots depended on the ants Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi Mayr and Plagiolepis pallescens Forel for its transportation and dissemination from plant to plant and from one crop to another" [El-Ziady, S. 1958. Ants, the probable agents of the onset of infestation of cotton with aphids and coccids. Bull. Soc. Ent. Egypt, 62, xx.]

Ecological note (M Sharaf) - this species was found under a rock attending mealy bugs.

The photomontage is of workers from Sallant Mansurah, E 31°35' N 31°10'; 23.iii.2003; also from Abuzabal, Qaliobia, E 31°21' N 30°15'; 23.vi.2003 and Port Said, E 32°18' N 31°16'; 26.viii.2003; all collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .

The photomontage is of a worker from Sallant Mansurah, E 31°35' N 31°10'; 28.iii.2003, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .

The photomontage is of a queen from Sallant Mansurah, E 31°35' N 31°10'; 28.iii.2003, collected by Mostafa Sharaf.

The photomontage is of a male from Sallant Mansurah, E 31°35' N 31°10'; 28.iii.2003, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. The genitalia match  the Santschi (1908) illustration.