Camponotus (Myrmentoma) gestroi Emery

Type location Sardinia (Camponotus Gestroi n. sp., Emery, 1878b: 44, illustrated, major & minor workers; queen and male, Forel, 1894d: 4) Cagliari, collector Gestro, one small and one large specimen.
Junior synonym creticus (C. Gestroi Emery, stirps creticus n. st., Forel, 1886e: clix, illustrated, worker; synonymy by Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58) Greece, Crete, von Ertzen - no images on Antweb (July 2015)
Subspecies ponariensis (Camponotus (Myrmentoma)) Gestroi Em., var. ponariensis n.v., Santschi, 1921b: 435, worker) Algeria, Tiemcen, Cascade - no images on Antweb (July 2015)

Emery's (1878b) description is at - . TL 4.7-7.5 mm. Forel's (1886e) description of creticus is at . Santschi (1921b) noted ponariensis as TL 5-8.5 mm; differing from the type by being the pale red-brown base to the scape, tibiae and tarsis; mandibles brown, the rest black; head as matt as creticus.

The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0905794.

The photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0905391.