Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmisolepis
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The Ants of
Africa Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmisolepis |
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Subgenus definition - Santschi (1921f: 310) - pronotum angular more or less bordered and depressed; clypeus similar in major and minor, separable from Mymopiromis by having an uninterrupted alitrunk (metanotal suture); petiole scale truncate with the posterior face as convex as the anterior.
Santschi's (1921f: 310)
subgenus definition is at 
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Key to species
| 1 | Gaster with only sparse pubescence | 2 |
| -- | Gaster with yellow or gold pubescence | 3 |
| 2 |  TL 5.5-6 mm; head
with only slight anterior narrowing;
propodeal declivity vertical and concave; sculpturation of deep
reticulo-puncturation, like the surface of a thimble; black, tibiae,
tarsi and mandibles dark reddish-brown, basal half or whole of scapes
ferruginous |
East Africa - Somalia south to Mozambique - braunsi |
| -- |  TL 5.3-7 mm; head
narrowed in anterior one-sixth;
propodeal declivity near vertical but flat; entirely sub-opaque with
alitrunk matt; black, antennae and tarsi red, rest of legs and end of
funiculus brown |
Zaïre - maynei |
| -- |  TL 4.6-6.0 mm; dorsum of
propodeum concave; opaque black, tibiae,
tarsi, scapes and mandibles also black |
Somalia and Senegal - erythromelus |
| . | Gaster with yellow or gold pubescence | . |
| 3 |  TL 7.5-9 mm; head narrowed anteriorly to half posterior
width; propodeum with more rounded transition from dorsum to declivity;
head and alitrunk finely reticulo-punctate, effaced on head of major
which is shiny, sides of alitrunk and genae finely shagreened; fine
pubescence in patches on head on alitrunk, dense on gaster giving a
golden fleece, obscuring sculpturation; black, mandibles reddish in
minor but not in major, first segment of funiculus and tarsi brownish
yellow |
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Zimbabwe - amphidus |
| -- |  TL 6-7 mm; HW 2 mm HL
1.9 mm; propodeum dorsum flat,
almost square with lateral border, obtuse angle to vertical declivity,
sides vertical; gaster with covering of relatively sparse yellow
pubescence; also abundant whitish erect hairs on gaster and propodeum,
petiole with fringe of same hairs, lighter on gaster; densely
reticulo-punctate and matt; black, opaque, appendages blood-red |
Tanzania - erinaceus |
| -- |  TL 7 mm; HL one-third
greater than HW; gaster tergites
with very fine pubescence which is yellowish dorsally and more abundant
and silvery laterally; mostly reddish-brown, gaster shiny black, first
three segments with translucent whitish posterior margins |
Zimbabwe - vespertinus |
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