Camponotus (Myrmotrema) ilgii Forel

Type location Ethiopia (Forel, 1894b: 64, worker; Menozzi, 1930b: 120, queen); worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894b) description is at . Menozzi's (1930b) note and description of the queen is at .

Wheeler (1922) gave a finding from Senegal (at St. Louis, by Claveau). Collingwood (1985), recording it from Saudi Arabia, noted that in profile the dorsal outline of the alitrunk is interrupted by a deep metanotal groove; the body is weakly sculptured, moderately shining with sparse hairs; propodeum obtusely rounded posteriorly; head with shallow round punctures; whole body dark, head sometimes reddish brown. He added that it is exclusively arboreal nesting in sections of rotten wood on old trees.

The photomontage is of a queen from Tanzania, Igire Hill, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Ochna holstii, 8.iv.1995, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at -