Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) alii Forel
Type locality Algeria
(Camponotus rubripes Drury r. C. Alii n. stirps,
Forel, 1890a: lxi; major & minor; raised to species Dalla Torre,
1893: 221, Emery,
1920c: 7) - see below
junior synonym
seurati
(Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus
stirps alii var. seurati, Santschi, 1915a: 62; var. seurati, Emery, 1920c: 7, major;
raised to species, Santschi, 1929c: 104; synonymy by Bernard, 1953a:
187) from Algeria - no images on Antweb (October 2014)
subspecies
auresi
(Camponotus (Myrmoturba) alii
var auresi, Emery,
1920c:7, minor) from Algeria - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910105 (near identical to the type)
concolor (Camponotus
rubripes Drury r. C. alii var. concolor, n. stirps Forel,
1890a: lxiii; Camponotus alii var.
concolor, Dalla
Torre, 1893: 221, major & minor) from Algeria - no images on Antweb (October 2014)
laurenti
(Camponotus (Myrmoturba) alii
For. stirps Laurenti n. st.,
Santschi, 1939d:
84, illustrated, minor & major, & queen) from Algeria - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911898 (near identical to the type) (near identical to the type)
major, minor and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .
Note: hoggarensis (Camponotus (Myrmoturba) seurati var
hoggarensis,
Santschi, 1929c: 104, illustrated, minor & major; HNS copy
incomplete) from Algeria -
see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911896 quite clearly is not related to alii. The head and alitrunk profile differ and it appears to be dark brown near black.
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