Camponotus (Myrmotrema) compressiscapus André
  Type location Sierra Leone
(Camponotus compressiscapus
nov. sp., André, 1889: 218, worker; in s.g. Myrmotrema, Emery, 1925b: 130)
collected by Mocquerys; worker only
described (see Bolton, 1995). Note listed under Myrmosericus
by Bolton (1995) but that seems erroneous  .
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André's (1889, 1890) description (comparing it with Camponotus
(Myrmotrema) bituberculatus)
is at  .
Santschi's Key (1915c) has the defining characters as
the
tibiae prismatic or channelled and the scapes flattened; in compressiscapus
the flattening of the scape is extreme so that the apex is more than
four times as wide as the base. He listed it as from Nigeria and
Senegal.
Bernard (1952) reported several workers were found at
Yalanzou
and N'Zo, forest areas of Mt. Nimba, Guinea.
Listed as a savannah species in Ivory Coast by
Lévieux
& Louis (1975).
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 The photomontage of
the
type (minor or media)
worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910468
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 Colour
adjusted to counter the excessive magneta tint of the Antweb source
images. Both Liberia specimens (see below) are a near exact match in
size and form.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) compressiscapus
B Taylor det. |
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
PF 14
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6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
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Pitfall trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
minor
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2
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Camponotus (Myrmotrema) compressiscapus
B Taylor det. |
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
PF 15
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6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
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Pitfall trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
minor
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1
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 The photomontage is
of a minor worker from Liberia, Yekepa, Camp 4, PF 14;
collector E Poirier.
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 The
photomontage is of a minor worker from Liberia, Yekepa, Camp 4,
PF 15; collector E Poirier.
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