The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmopiromis
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) storeatus Forel

Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) storeatus Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Camponotus fulvopilosus De Geer subsp. storeatus n. subsp., Forel, 1910f: 26, worker; Arnold, 1924: 739, major & queen; raised to species by Robertson, 1990: 327); major, minor and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Robertson, H.G., Crewe, R.M. & Zachariades, C. 1990. Unravelling the Camponotus fulvopilosus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern Africa. In: Social Insects and the Environment - Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990 (eds G.K. Veeresh, B. Mallik and C.A. Viraktamath). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 327-328.

{Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) storeatus}Forel's (1910f) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1924: 739) gave a translation, with the descriptions of the major and queen; this is at {original description}


{Camponotus storeatus}Robertson & Zachariades (2007) modern description is at {original description}. The montage is adapted from their original by inverting the monochrome images and, so, giving a somewhat more real impression of the dorsal pronotum and gaster.


Camponotus storeatus majorThe photomontage is of the type major worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903505

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