Paratrechina vividula (Nylander)

Type location Finland (Formica vividula, Nylander, 1846a: 900, illustrated, all forms); junior synonym picea (Formica picea, Buckley, 1866: 163, worker; synonym Mayr, 1876: 78; Mayr, 1886d: 431) from USA; subspecies antillana (Prenolepis guatemalensis r antillana, Forel, 1893g: 340, all forms; var of vividula, Forel, 1912i: 66) from Antilles Is;. australis (Santschi, 1929d: 313, worker) from Brazil, docilis (Forel, 1908c: 402, worker) from Brazil; and mjobergi (Forel, 1908b: 64, worker) from Sweden; see Emery (1910a: 131).

Nylander's (1846a) description is at . Nylander (1856b) showed the antenna, in comparison with longicornis (as gracilescens), this is at Buckley's (1866) description of picea is at Forel's (1893g) description of antillana is at Emery (1906b: 130) gave an illustrated fresh description of the type, this is at Forel's (1908c) description of docilis is at Emery (1910a: 130) gave an illustrated description, this is at Santschi's (1929d) description of australis is at

Note - the original description by Nylander was of specimens from a colony in hothouses in Helsinki, so the type location is mis-leading. Forel's (1908b: 64) note on var mjobergi has - "differs from type by its flatter alitrunk (less convex), with the metanotal groove a little more accentuated It is also a much darker brown, chestnut on the head and gaster; from hothouses in Stockholm".

Egypt Records - Paratrechina vividula - record in André (1882b: 204) [andre-hns99999.pdf; plate x, figs 8-10 & 12].

Sharaf list - Material examined: Khniza (Nubaria), 21.ix.2002 (9); Zaranik (North Sinai), 5.v.2003 (12)(SHC).

The photomontage is of specimens from Port Said, E 32°18' N 31°16'; 26.viii.2003, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .