Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus Santschi

Type location Nigeria (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus For. stirps haereticus n. st., Santschi, 1914d: 382, major & minor workersr; raised to species by Santschi, 1915c: 269; Wheeler, 1922, who retained it as a subspecies) collected at Olokemeji, by F. Silvestri, in 1913 - see below
Major and minor workers only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914d) description is at .

Separated in Santschi's key (1915c) by - genae with shallow hair pits smaller than intervening spaces and hairs very short or absent; propodeal dorsum only slightly narrowed, shorter than declivity; pubescence white, short and translucent, gastral dorsum without median glabrous line; silky hairs quite short; overall semi-matt; genae shiny; colour black.

Nigeria specimens (as Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis, Taylor, 1978: 7).
MAJOR. TL 7.35 mm, HL 2.02, HW 2.05, SL 1.56, PW 1.34
MINOR. TL 4.37 mm, HL 1.28, HW 1.09, SL 1.28, PW 1.00
Colour black, extremities dark red-brown, shiny. Sculpturation of fine puncturation coarsest on the head, especially on major where it is almost foveolate in nature. Coarse erect white hairs relatively abundant, also covered all over with a moderately dense silvery pilosity. Declivity of propodeum an obtuse near right-angle. Petiole a sharp scale, with a line of coarse hairs along transverse dorsal edge.
It was quite common on cocoa, on up to 1.5% of trees, both at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre, and at 27/76 farms (Taylor, 1977; Taylor & Adedoyin, 1978). Probably the species named as Camponotus rufoglaucus species group by Booker (1968) and present in >10% of his pkd samples from the W13/2 and W18/1 blocks at CRIN.

Also from Ghana (Aburi, F. Silvestri) and Congo (Lukolela, by Kang & Chapin, in Wheeler, 1922).

The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911838 - the usual magenta tone of Antweb images has to be allowed for when comparing with Santschi's description as black and the fresh specmens shown below.

The photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=0911839

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Ivory Coast Erena Dupont iii.2014	Taï National Park 5˚45'00" N 7˚07'00" W	17 minor	1
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Ivory Coast Erena Dupont v.2014	Taï National Park 5˚45'00" N 7˚07'00" W	12 media	4
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin S Tchibozo	29.i.2007 06°55’03.7 N 02°24’44.6 E	Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè Forêt fourmis (forest ants)	2
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3056.1	27.iii.2013 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard prey of Oecophylla longinoda 0900-1000 h major	1
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3061.1	27.iii.2013 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard prey of Oecophylla longinoda 1400-1500 h major	1
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3082.1	4.iv.2013 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard prey of Oecophylla longinoda 1000-1100 h media	1
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3084.2	4.iv.2013 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard prey of Oecophylla longinoda 1200-1300 h media	1
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3087.2	4.iv.2013 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard prey of Oecophylla longinoda 1600-1700 h major & minor	2
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) haereticus B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Camponotus sp3	1.iv.2008 Sombo 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	Quadrat in fallow	1

The photomontage is of a major worker from Benin; Koro; collector J-F Vayssieres (RVA 3056.1).

The photomontage is of a large minor, or media, worker from Benin; Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè; collector S Tchibozo.

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Benin; collection details as above.

The photomontage is of a media worker from Benin; Koro; collector J-F Vayssieres (RVA 3084.2).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Cameroun, Sombo; collector A Fotso Kuate (Camponotus sp3).