The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmacrhaphe
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus Santschi
{Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus}

Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Congo (Camponotus buchholzi Mayr v. furva n. var., Santschi, 1911g: 213, worker; raised to species by Santschi, 1926c) from Brazzaville, collected by A. Weiss; worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1911g) brief description is at {original description} (the comparison is with C. (Myrmamblys) buchholzi). Santschi's (1926c) expanded and illustrated description is at {original description}. It seems that the original description may have referred to the major worker

{Camponotus furvus}The photomontage is of a specimen from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens, 2006.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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