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The Ants of
Africa Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmopsamma |
Genus Camponotus |
Subgenus definition - Subgenus Myrmopsamma Forel (1914a: 261) - all with a very distinctive clypeus, with a posterior third sharply angled downwards into the anterior portion, the angle with a well developed fringe of long hairs (ammochetae); another row of bristles arises on the underside of the head, behind the mouth, and the mandibles also have bristles; two species, both from sandy areas of southern Africa.
Forel's (1914a) subgenus
definition is at
; Arnold's (1922: 672)
provided a key, this
is at
; cuneiscapus now is regarded as
falling in Myrmespera.
Species known from Africa are
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Genus page |
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