Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens Forel

Type location Mozambique (Camponotus foraminosus Forel, r. auropubens, n. stirps, Forel, 1894b: 67, worker; raised to species Santschi, 1915c: 267) collected at Delagoa Bay by Dr Liengme
subspecies
absalon (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens For. var. Absalon n. var., Santschi, 1915c: 274, major & minor workers & queen) from South Africa, Natal, Tragardh - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911820
argentopubens (Camponotus foraminosus Forel subsp. auropubens Forel var. argentopubens Forel, n. var., Forel, 1909b: 66; in key of Santschi, 1915c: 268, queen) from Angola - see  http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910476
jacob (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens For. var. Jacob n. var., Santschi, 1915c: 275, worker) from Mozambique, vallée du Pongué, Guengera, G Vasse, 1906 - see below
major & minor workers & queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894b) description is at . Emery (1895a) described what he took to be workers with TL 8 mm or less; this is at , the specimens, however were from Somalia and I suspect may not be of this species. Santschi's (1915c) description of absalon and jacob is at ; Arnold (1924: 724, 728) gave a translation; this, with absalon, is at .

Forel (1909b) separated new variety argentopubens as - queen, TL 10.5 mm, head as auropubens, wide and slightly narrowed anteriorly, with similar sculpture; but the pubescence and pilosity exactly matches grandidieri; head shiny posteriorly; mesonotum shiny; wings smoky brown; fossettes as auropubens.

The photomontage of the type major is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910475 - seemingly a badly rubbed specimen that has lost most of the dorsal pilosity. Another specimen shown at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911819 is similar, however.

The photomontage of the jacob major is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911821

The photomontage of the jacob minor is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911822

The photomontage of the jacob queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903488

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens B Taylor det. Queen

South Africa S Danflous

6.xii.2007 Kruger National Park 25°28'51"  S 31°16'06" E

Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, Mpumalanga Province; 596m

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The photomontage is of a queen from South Africa, Kruger National Park; collector Sam Danflous.

This appears to match the absalom queen as described by Santschi, i.e. with the matt alitrunk dorsum and the wings smoky brownish yellow with brown nerves and patches.