The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus (Fabricius)
Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus (Fabricius)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location West Africa (Formica maculata, Fabricius, 1782: 491, worker; Mayr, 1862: 654, queen & male; Donisthorpe, 1915a: 221, redescription of the type); Wheeler (1922) reported the location as "in Africa aequinoctali" adding probably Sierra Leone .

Oxford University Museum specimens

Type - dark headed major and minor form; Pale = dark headed major but pale headed minor

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor
 pale
 Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye		 Tandiankunda
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W		 Tandiankunda 05-V-09 St 2 P18F
Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps		 4
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 type
 Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye		 Tandiankunda
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W		 Tandiankunda 05-V-09 St 2 P6F
Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps; minors		 4
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major
 type
 Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye		 Wassa
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W		 Wassa 04-V-09 St 1 P4F
Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps		 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minors
 pale
 Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye		 Niakafiri
13°09'40" N
12°06'46" W		 Niakafiri 9-V-09 St 6 P1F [A]
Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps

5
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
majors, media and minima
 pale
 Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye		 Niakafiri
13°09'40" N
12°06'46" W		 Niakafiri 9-V-09 St 6 P6F
213 m; Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps
media with brown head
 7
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 pale
 Mali
D M King
King 37		 25.viii.2007
Bamako
12°34.51' N
7°56.39' W		 363 m asl; foraging by day in building compound near outskirts of city 6
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major
 pale
 Mali
D M King
King 39		 27.vii.2007
Bamako
12°37.48' N
8°00.29' W		 323 m asl; hotel grounds in central Bamaka; foraging in daytime
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
majors, media and minima
 pale
 Mali
Z Yefremova
& V Kravchenko 		xii.2010
Dogon
14°21' N
03°37' W		 Bandiagara
malaise trap
media with brown head
 4
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minors		 Sahel
 Chad
Yves Braet

 1-20.iii.2012
Zakouma N.P.
10°53′36″ N
19°49′19″ E
 421 m
Sahel form
(smaller than type) major and minors
 3
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 1
 2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E
 Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
minor
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 7
 2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E		 Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
minor		 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 8
 2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E		 Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
minor		 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 20
 2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E		 Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
minor		 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
PF 11
 6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
 Pitfall trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
minor
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor		 type
 Ivory Coast
Erena Dupont
v.2014
 Taï National Park
5˚45'00" N
7˚07'00" W
 Malaise trap 3
major & minor
 4
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major
 var.
 Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06G0012
In collection of S Sky Stephens
wholly black gaster
{album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 var.
 Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06G0013
In collection of S Sky Stephens
wholly black gaster
elongated head
{album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor
 type
 Benin
S Tchibozo
Benin 14 		27.viii.2006
Bonou
06°50-55' N
02°20-30'E 		Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè, Pitfall trap  2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 type
 Benin
S Tchibozo
Benin 01
 29.i.2007
06°55’03.7 N
02°24’44.6 E 		Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè
Forêt fourmis (forest ants) 		2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2896
 7.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 1, tube 4, variété: ?
Ground nesting (nuit)
Minor worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2905		 13.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 5, tube 7, Gouverneur
Ground nesting
Minor worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 pale
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2907		 7.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 1, tube 3, Kent
Ground nesting
Minor worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2935		 13.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 3, tube 3, variété: Ifac
Ground nesting
Major worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2941		 10.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 5, tube 3, variété: Eldon
Major & minor workers

 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3011		 12.xi.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 5, série 1, variété Ifac
Ground nesting

 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 pale
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3040.3
 20.ii.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
1000-1100 h
minor (part)
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3044.1
 27.ii.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
0900-1000 h
major (part)
 1
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 pale
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3047.1
 23.i.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
0900-1000 h
minor (part)
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 pale
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3069.1
 6.ii.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
0800-0900 h
minor
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 brown
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3078.1
 6.iii.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
0900-1000 h
minor brown form
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 type
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3087.1
 4.iv.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E		 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
1600-1700 h
major
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3099.1
 9.xi.2011
Kika-Beterou
09°14'07'' N
02°11'52'' E
 running on the ground
minor

 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.		 plae
 Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3066.1
 20.i.2013
Koro
09°22'21'' N
02°40'13'' E
 Mangifera indica orchard
prey of Oecophylla longinoda
1000-1100 h
minor
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor
 type
 Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 99		 15.iv.2001
Kribi
2°56' N
9°55' E		 in herbaceous vegetation about 20 cm tall, in garden of the Catholic Mission 3
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 type
 Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Camponotus sp5		 17.v.2007
Matomb
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E		 Pitfall in fallow 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major
 var.
 Central African Republic
P Annoyer
Bayanga		 20.i.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
04°04’34.5" N
17°02’27.7" E		 Avoiding sun
Wholly black gaster
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor
 var.
 Sudan
A Omer
2009.06		 2009
Khashm El Girba
14°55'35"N
5°53'20"E		 East Sudan
minor head intermediate to pale with dark mandibles
major with flattened black tibiae (type tibiae mostly pale and cylindrical)
 2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major
 type
 Sudan
Z Mahmoud
2009-74		 28.i.2010
Abba Island
13°10'0469"N
32°41'36.69" E		 Hand collected 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 type
 Sudan
Z Mahmoud
2009-75		 4.ii.2010
Renk
11°49'44.10" N
32°47'49.45" E		 Hand collected 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Sudan
Awatif Omer
03
 2012
Sennar
13°36' N
33°01' E
 Minor worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
Sudan
Awatif Omer
38
 2012
Dinder NP
11° N
35° E
1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor		 type
 Sudan
Awatif Omer
2013.02.08
 2013
Abu Hijar
12˚52' N
34˚0' E
 minor worker
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor		 type
 Sudan
Awatif Omer
2013.02.20
 2013
Sinja
13˚09' N
33˚55'60" E
 minor worker 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
minor
 var.
 Tanzania
G C McGavin
OUMNH-2005-030 		26.iii.1996
Mkomazi
03°58'S
037°48'E		 Ibaya Camp; At light
melanocnemis form
minor pale headed
 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det
queen		 type
 Tanzania
G C McGavin
OUMNH-2005-007		 16-31.xii.2004
Kigamboni Dist
07°03.17' S
39°32.68'E		 'Cheng Chem Camp' 1
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
Queen & minor		 pale
 South Africa
S Danflous		 2.xii.2007
Kruger National Park
25°28'51" S
31°16'06" E		 Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, Mpumalanga Province; 596m
2
 {album}
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus
B Taylor det.
major & minor
 pale
 South Africa
S Danflous		 11.xii.2007
Sterkfontein Caves
26°00'56" S
27°44'03" E		 Gaufeng Province; 175 m 2
 {album}

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