Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus Santschi new status

Type location Tanzania (Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerd. subsp. n. flavopilosus, Viehmeyer, 1914c: 509, worker; replacement name by Santschi, 1916b: 509; because of prior use of name for a stirps of C. (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus) .

Viehmeyer's (1916b) description is at . Santschi's (1916b) note is at . Type location Manow, western Tanzania, Latitude: 09.25° S, Longitude: 33.8° E. Santschi (196b) record from Congo, Katanga-Lungube

The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911775.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Senegal Ferlo B Ndiaye	Katané 15.48° N 14.08° W	Katané X 2010 T4P5 Sahelian savannah, pitfall traps, minor workers	4
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2889	19.x.2012 Korobourou 09°37'01'' N 02°67'08'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 6, tube 4, variété: Gouverneur; on ground, fast-running; minor worker	1
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2958	7.xi.2012 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13''	Northern zone of mango plantation (~Eucalyptus) beating weeds Minor worker	1
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2994	6.xi.2012 Boko 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Fast running on ground; ground nesting Minor workers	2
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3010	10.xi.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Serie 3 Ground nesting Minor worker	1
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3097	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	On weeds minor	1
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3098	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	Terminalia laxiflora minor	2
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) controversus B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3099	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	running on the ground minor	2

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Senegal, collector B Ndiaye.

The photomontage is of what appears to be a minor worker from Gambia, courtesy of the collector and photographer Mike Lush.