Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilon Emery - new status

Type location Senegal (Camponotus solon Forel, var. chilon, Emery, 1925b: 100 [listing only]; Camponotus maculatus F. r. Solon Forel v. Chilon n. var., Forel, 1901h: 68, major & minor workers & queen) no location, Aeberli coll., also Benin (Dahomey), Martiensen - see below
Separated here from Camponotus solon as the major being smaller and somewhat darker, the media and minor workers also primarily dark .

Forel's (1901h) description of is at . Santschi (1937d) gave a key to the varieties, with a separation from brutus, this is at

Listed (as Camponotus solon) as a forest species able to live in degraded zones in Ivory Coast by Lévieux & Louis (1975). They also reported it as being strictly nocturnal with peak activity around one hour after sunset (1900 hours).

The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910267.

The photomontage of the type minor (possibly media) worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910268.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilon B Taylor det.

Liberia E Poirier Yekepa Camp 4 PF 15

6.iv.2013 Nimba County 07°33’04" N 08°33’17" E

Pitfall trap Floodplain & marsh 501 m asl major, media & minor

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The photomontage is of a major worker from Liberia, Yekepa Camp 4; collector E Poiriet (Camp 4 PF XV).

The photomontage is of a media worker from Liberia, as above.

The photomontage is of a minor from Liberia, as above.