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1.00 mm 
Figure 19, Apomyrma stygia sp. n., small form, pharate male, habitus 
drawing, lateral view, pilosity omitted. 
centipede determined by M. Demange of the Musee Nationale 
d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, as belonging to genus Schendylurus. 
This suggests that Apomyrma , like a larger new species of Amblyo- 
pone found at Lamto, is a specialist predator of geophilomorph 
chilopods. Of course, direct observations on feeding are needed. 
The colony did not occupy more than a part of the cavity, and 
it seems likely that the workers merely touched up a pre-existing 
hollow of some sort. From the main chamber ran several passages 
in different directions. Their diameter (less than 3 mm), their 
position and lengths, as far as one could follow them, resembled 
the paths of vanished grass roots. After finding this nest, the soil 
was dug carefully for a meter around it and to a depth of 30 cm, 
but no more specimens were found. 
AA285 N8, found 16 April 1968, consisted of about 32 workers 
and a dealate queen from a small pocket about 20 cm deep. 
The occurrence of winged sexual adults and pupae in mid-June 
suggests that Apomyrma has a nuptial season in late June, a little 
later than that assumed for Amblyopone species at Lamto. 
Taxonomic position 
This species is without much doubt related to Amblyopone. The 
