The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) occasus Emery

maculatus species-group
TL 8-10-12 mm plus; alitrunk profile convex in a smooth elongated curve, propodeal declivity not or poorly separable from dorsum, if the latter always much shorter than dorsum; petiole scale of major cuneiform, with convex anterior face and quite sharp dorsal margin; mostly bicoloured with alitrunk lighter and distinct light areas on gaster; dimorphic (?) minors with head narrowed posteriorly but not dramatically so and without any "neck".

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) occasus Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cape Verde Islands (Camponotus (Myrmoturba) occasus n., Emery, 1920c: 300, illustrated, major & minor workers) San Antonio I. - no images on Antweb (October 2014); major & minor workers known (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Camponotus (Tanemyrmex) occasus}Emery's (1920c) description is at {original description}.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) occasus
B Taylor det. 		Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye
 14.viii.2009
Tandiankunda
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W  		Tandiankunda 14-VIII-09 Bois mort
Soudanian savannah, hand collection, dead wood

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Camponotus (Tanemyrmex) occasus majorThe photomontage is of a major worker from Senegal, Tambacounda, collector B Ndiaye.

The dull, or opaque, surface of the head and alitrunk is as described by Emery

If my diagnosis is correct this is the first record from mainland Africa. The Cape Verde Islands, however, are situated some 500 km west of Dakar, the prinicipal port of Senegal.  thus the finding of the species in Senegal is not over surprising.

Camponotus (Tanemyrmex) occasus minorThe photomontage is of a minor worker from Senegal, Tambacounda, collector B Ndiaye

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