Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon Forel
  Type location Angola
(Camponotus rubripes Drury r. C. Solon n. stirps, Forel,
1886f: 152, major & minor workers; Emery, 1889e: 500, queen; raised
to
species by Dalla Torre, 1893: 253, catalogue listing, and Emery, 1920b:
255, etc.) - see below
subspecies
jugurtha (Camponotus
(Myrmoturba) maculatus subspecies solon variety jugurtha new variety, Wheeler, 1922: 236, major worker,
below; Emery, 1925b: 100) Zaïre - no images on Antweb (October
2014)
major & minor workers & and queen described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
See Camponotus chilon for new
separation; that being somewhat smaller with consistently darker media
and minor workers.
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Forel's (1886f) description is at  and Emery's (1899e) description of the
major is at  . Santschi (1937d) gave a
key to the
varieties, with a separation from brutus, this is at 
Forel (1915c) recorded specimens from St. Gabriel,
Zaïre, collected by Kohl, from forest edges, small individuals. Wheeler
(1922) had chilon from Benin (by Martiensen) and Nigeria
(Old Calabar, by Bates, in Forel, 1911e), also records from Zaïre.
Wheeler (1922) described jugurtha, as a new
variety, -
WORKER MAXIMA - Differing from the typical solon in its much
paler color, the antennae, head, and thorax being red; the mandibles,
front, and a streak down the middle of the clypeus castaneous; the
posterior corners of the head, the legs including the coxa, the
petiole, and the three basal gastric segments brownish yellow; the tip
of the gaster more brownish. The mandibles are very finely striated and
the petiolar scale is much compressed and prolonged above as in the
typical solon and not blunt as in brutus. In the
feebler punctuation of the head this variety is also like the typical solon.
A single specimen from Batama (Lang and Chapin), without further data.
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 The
photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910265.
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 The
photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910266.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Camponotus spE
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4.xii.2006
Mangomo
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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in fallow
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Camponotus spE
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31.iii.2008
Boga
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in fallow
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det.
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
DT-02
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27.i.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
02°48’20.5" N
16°06’14.0" E
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Camp 1; U.V :
20h30-2h30 sur plateforme à 45m du sol dans un Aningré (Aningeria
altissima, Sapotaceae); 350 m asl
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12
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
DN-04
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25.i.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
02°48’20.5" N
16°06’14.0" E
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Camp 1; U.V :
18h30-8h sur bute en forêt; 350 m asl
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
LS |
15.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°27'11.6"N
16°04'58.7"E |
343 m; jour, à vue
derrière le village, Molongo, strate arbustive (Casside land) |
1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
MV
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21.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
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392 m; nuit, UV,
Azobé, Canopée, 45 m, 18h30 - 5h30, orages alentours
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2
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
MW
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21.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
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392 m; nuit, UV, à
vue, camp de base lac 1
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
LM
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19.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'45.9"N
16°13'15.0"E
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396 m; nuit, UV, 20h
- 4h, camp transit 2, proche du camp et près du lac 1
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
CAR
P Moretto
1-2.iii.2012
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Sangha
PN Ndoki
02˚28'39" N
22˚01'20" E
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06-02
minor worker
Camp 1, forêt dense diversifiée, piège iule
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1
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det.
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South Africa
Peter Hlavác
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25-26.i.2004
Grootvadersbosch
33°59.39' S
20°48.32' E
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Western Cape,
Grootvadersbosch N.R., S E ; 350 m
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4
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon
B Taylor det. |
South Africa
Peter Hlavác |
25-26.i.2004
Goukamma
34°02.7' S
22°50.2' E |
Western Cape, Knysna
env., Goukamma, sea level; from coastal forest |
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 The
photomontage is of a major worker from the Central African
Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector
Philippe Annoyer (CAR DN-04).
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 The
photomontage is of a major from the Central African Republic,
Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR DT-02).
Specimens from
a malaise trap, hence with numerous moth wing scales adhering to the
whole ant.
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 The
photomontage is of a media worker from the Central African Republic,
2005 (DT).
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 Major
worker from South Africa, Grootvadersbosch N.R., collector Peter Hlavác
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 Media
worker from South Africa, Grootvadersbosch N.R., collector Peter Hlavác
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 Minima
specimens from South Africa, Knysna; collector Peter Hlavác.
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