The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmacrhaphe
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus Santschi

Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Congo (Camponotus Buchholzi Mayr v. furva n. var., Santschi, 1911g: 213, worker; raised to species by Santschi, 1926c) from Brazzaville, collected by A. Weiss - see below; worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .


{Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus}Santschi's (1911g) brief description is at {original description} (the comparison is with C. (Myrmamblys) buchholzi). Santschi's (1926c) expanded and illustrated description is at {original description}. It seems that the original description may have referred to the major worker


Camponotus furvus majorThe photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911653


Camponotus furvus minorThe photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911654


Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus
B Taylor det.

Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 15
2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E
Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
minor worker
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus
B Taylor det.
(in Stephens personal collection)
Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06G0062
-
No details
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus
B Taylor det.

Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Camponotus sp9
9.v.2007
Awae II
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
Tuna bait in forest
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus
B Taylor det.

Cameroon
Francis Feugang
13B1
13.x.2009
Yaoundé
03°52' N
11°31" E
sur le cadavre de rat, capture par le fillet
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) furvus
B Taylor det.

Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Sample 68
28.vii.2010
Nko’ondo
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
minor worker
1
{album}

{Camponotus furvus major}The photomontage is of a major worker from Ghana, collected by S Sky Stephens, 2006.



{Camponotus furvus minor}The photomontage is of a minor from Cameroun, Awae II: Collector A Fotso Kuate (Camponotus sp9).


{Camponotus furvus minor}The photomontage is of a minor from the Cameroun, Collector A Fotso Kuate (Sample 68).


{Camponotus furvus minor}The photomontage is of a minor from Liberia, collector E Poirier (Liabala PFXV).

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