Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus Emery - new
status
  Type location Cameroun
(Camponotus maculatus subsp. Brutus For. var. Lycurgus,
Emery, 1899e: 501, worker)  .
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Emery's (1899e) cursory description is at  . Specimens were from Cameroun,
"Ogoué" Gabon and Ivory Coast.
I have elevated this to full species status, taking the
specimen shown below as a neotype. This is clearly larger than the type
form of Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) brutus; the latter also has an abundance of erect
hairs on the alitrunk. As described by Emery, it is of a similar colour
to Camponotus
(Tanaemyrmex) solon but that has striated mandibles, whereas
this has bright, shiny mandibles, and that also is smaller with a
squarer head. The distance between the frontal carinae is noticeably
smaller in lycurgus and the scapes are more slender.
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 The photomontage of
the type
major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905312.
From the range of fresh specimens (below) this may actually be a media
worker (cf CAR HW).
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 The photomontage of
a minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905313.
This minor worker seems highly unlikely to be lycurgus. Stitz (1910: 149) listed Camponotus maculatus brutus and Camponotus maculatus solon from
Mundame, Cameroun, collected by Conradt. This minor matches what I feel
are C. brutus.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus
B Taylor det.
Major
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
DV
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28.i.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
02°48’20.5" N
16°06’14.0" E
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Camp 1 to Camp 2;
28.01.2005, 11h-12h; 350m asl
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus
B Taylor det.
Minor |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
HW
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11.x.2008
Dzanga-Sangha
03°03'58.3" N
16°08'59.6" E
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528 m; Camp 1;
16h-20h; Au camp
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2
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus
B Taylor det.
Major |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
OC
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25.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
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392 m; nuit, à vue,
camp de base lac 1
"tente"
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus
B Taylor det.
major |
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
SLAM 2
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6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
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SLAM trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
major
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1
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 The photomontage is of
a major worker from Central African
Republic, Dzanga-Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR DV).
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 The photomontage is of
a major worker from Central African
Republic, Dzanga-Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR OC).
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 The photomontage is of
a media worker from Central
African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe
Annoyer (CAR HW).
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 The photomontage is of
a minor worker from Central
African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe
Annoyer (CAR HW).
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 The
photomontage of what appears to be a major of lycurgus
from Liberia, Yekepa;
collector E Poirier (Yekepa Camp 4 SLAM 2).
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