The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmotrema
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri Forel

Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) Bayeri n. sp., Forel, 1913h: 356, soldier only) collected at Karemi, by Bayer; soldier and minor known (see Bolton, 1995). Note bayeri ssp nigeriensis (Santschi, 1914) now is regarded as a subspecies of Camponotus perrisii .


Forel's (1913h) description is at {original description}.

Santschi's Key (1915c) separated the species by its having prismatic tibiae and scapes which are flattened but only moderately expanded from base to apex; plus a near trapezoidal clypeus. NOTE - I suspect that couplet 42 in Santschi's key is, at the least, unsatisfactory, or at worst, wrong, with the onward numbers transposed - as Wheeler's picture of perrisii ssp jucundus shows a very distinct trapezoidal clypeus. Thus bayeri would have a near rectangular clypeus. On the other hand, describing rhamses (from Egypt, and separated in the key from foraminosus), Santschi noted that has "clypeus is more distinctly trapezoidal than in foraminiceps but less narrowed posteriorly than bayeri". Similarly on C. puberulus, he noted "Emery writes that the major has a trapezoidal clypeus, as with the minor. C. bayeri is thus a very close form, characterised by the effacement of the hair pits on the genae".

Wheeler (1922) reported the Lang & Chapin expedition collected 13 workers from Faradje in Zaïre.

Bernard (1952) listed a single queen from Kéoulenta, Guinea which he ascribed to this species.


{Camponotus bayeri}The photomontage of the type major is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=rmcaent000017816


Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri
B Taylor det.


Congo
E Zassi
04-t-3
6-7.ii.2008
Lésio-Louna
03°20'12.0" S
015°28'43.6" E
Village Mah; 24h pitfall trap
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri
B Taylor det.
Congo
Y Braet

7.x.2007
Dzio-Dzio
3°29'33" S
15°18'33" E
Ngabe, Région de Pool
collected by sweep netting (fauchage)

5
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri
B Taylor det.
Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Camponotus spB
4.xii.2007
Matomb
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
Quadrat in fallow
1
{album}
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) bayeri
B Taylor det.
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
SLAM 3
6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
SLAM trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
2
{album}

{Camponotus bayeri major}The photomontage is of a major worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna; collector Eric Zassi (sp 69).


{Camponotus bayeri}The photomontage is of a minor worker from Congo, Dzio-Dzio, Ngabe, Région de Pool; collector Yves Braet.


{Camponotus bayeri}The photomontage is of a minor worker from Cameroun, Matomb; collector A Fotso Kuate.


{Camponotus bayeri}The photomontage is of a minor worker from Liberia, Matomb; collector E Poirier.

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