Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr

Type location Mozambique (Camponotus Braunsi nov. spec., Mayr, 1895: 191, worker; Mayr, 1901b: 28, footnote, queen; Arnold, 1924: 715, major worker, illustrated; also East Africa) Delagoa Bay, Dr Brauns - no images on Antweb (September 2014)
subspecies
candidus (Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr var. candidus n. var., Santschi, 1926c: 618, worker) from Uganda (wrongly given as Tanzania in Bolton, 1995), My Ruwenzori, 2000 m, Dr Bequaert - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911716
epinotalis (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) epinotalis n. sp., Santschi, 1916b: 508, major & minor workers; reduced to variety, Emery, 1925b: 134, as Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr stirps erythromelus Em. var. epinotalis Sants., Santschi, 1926c: 618) from Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, G Arnold - see below

major & minor workers and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Note - with fresh specimens of both I have revived the status of Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) erythromelus Emery.

Mayr's (1895) description of the worker is at ; his (1901b) description of a larger worker and the queen is at . Santschi (1914b) gave a further description, this is at . Santschi's (1916b) description of epinotalis is at . Arnold (1924: 710, 715) provided a translation of Mayr's papers, notes on the major worker and an illustration; these are at . Similarly, Arnold (1924: 710, 716) gave notes on epinotalis; these are at . Santschi's (1926c) description of candidus is at .

The photomontage of the epinotalis type (?) major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905436

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-64	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Acacia nilotica; 37M 0375103 UTM 9570896	2
Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi B Taylor det. Queen	Tanzania G C McGavin OUMNH-2005-030	26.iii.1996 Mkomazi Ibaya Camp 03°58'S 037°48'E	At light	1

The photomontage is of a major from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (tree 5/64). 

The photomontage is of a minor from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, as above

The photomontage is of a queen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp; collector G C McGavin ( OUMNH 2005-030).

This matches the queen shown at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911719 and labelled "Camponotus Braunsi" by Santschi; with a second label as "Camp. Braunsi Mayr st. erythromelus v. transitoria queen" from Tanzania, south-east, collectors Alluaud & Jeannel, April 1912; New Moschi (Moshi). The location is close to Mkomazi.