Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) conakryensis Emery - new status

Type location Guinea (Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus F. var. conakryensis n., Emery, 1920c: 13, major & minor) Conakry, Prof. F Silvestri .

Emery's (1920c) description is at .

The photomontage is of a type (?) major worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905266
This major appears identical to what I regard as the type form maculatus

The photomontage is of a type (?) minor worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905267

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) conakryensis B Taylor det. Minor

Liberia E Poirier Liabala PF 18

2.iv.2013 Nimba County 07°31’06" N 08°35’34" E

Pitfall trap Secondary forest 473 m asl minor

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The photomontage is of a minor worker from Liberia; collector E Poirier (Liabala PF XVIII).