The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi Emery

pompeius-group
Major clypeus with distinct median carina; large TL 15 mm plus; alitrunk profile convex with angular propodeum, petiole scale quite thick; trimorphic (?) minors with distinct posteriorly narrowed heads; soldiers dark red-brown to near black; minors lighter brown-orange to yellow-red. Most catalogued under Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) by Wheeler (1922: 962).

{Camponotus (Tanemyrmex) crawleyi}

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) crawleyi, n., Emery, 1920c: 24, illustrated, minor worker) Conradt; minor worker described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1920c) description is at {original description}.

{Camponotus crawleyi}The photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905241.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det. 		Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 130
 15.vi.2001
Poli
8°29' N
13°15' E
 Tandiankunda 14-VIII-09 Bois mort
Soudanian savannah, hand collection, dead wood

 2
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 214
 9.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
 Found in or on dead wood
 3
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 165
 8.vi-20.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
 Pongara Base; winkler funnel
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.
 Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 213

 09.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
 Found in or on dead wood
 6
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 164
 8-20.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
 Pongara Base, Winkler Funnel
 4
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Rep. of Congo
E Vingerhoedt
ex Y Braet
 xii.2009
Abio
03°07' S
15°31' E
 No details
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
FT
 12.ii.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
02°53’07.5" N
16°10’19.1" E
 Camp 4; U.V : 18h-6h en forêt; 378m asl
 3
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
LN		 14.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°27'11.6"N
16°04'58.7"E
 343 m; matin, Molongo, fleuve Sangha
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
ME		 18.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'45.9"N
16°13'15.0"E
 396 m; nuit, à vue, camp transit 2 près lac 1
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
NQ		 24.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; nuit : 17h45 - 6h30, UV, Azobé, canopée (35 m), camp de base lac 1
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
NS		 24.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; nuit : 17h45 - 6h30, UV, Azobé, canopée (35 m), camp de base lac 1
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
OT1		 24.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 385 m; nuit, équipe 1, UV : 18h30-6h, petite clairière dans forêt à 20 m du bord du lac 5
"AA1"

 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
OV		 28.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'08.6"N 16°13°32.1"E
 jour, à vue, lacs 2-2bis et 3, Xavier, Cyrille et Corinne
"barbier lac 2"

 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
PZ
 30.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N 16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; nuit, à vue, Sipo trap on tree at mid-trunk, camp de base lac 1, samuel


 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
PCO3		 25.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; pitfall/dung trap, Lake 1 base
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
PCO4		 25.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; pitfall/dung trap, Lake 1 base
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
PCO6		 27.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; pitfall/dung trap, Lake 1 base
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) crawleyi
B Taylor det.		 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
PAA3		 22.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
 392 m; no details
 1
 {album}

{Camponotus crawleyi major} The photomontages are of specimens from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 213).

Major worker

If my recognition of the worker is correct then the major is a first report.

{Camponotus crawleyi minor} Minor worker

{Camponotus crawleyi major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha; collector P Annoyer (CAR OV).



{Camponotus crawleyi minor} The photomontage is of a minor worker from Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha; collector P Annoyer (CAR OV).

{Camponotus crawleyi major}
The photomontage is of a major worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 214). 

{Camponotus crawleyi media/minor} The photomontage is of a minor worker from Gabon, as above (Gabon 165).

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