Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) species T²

Nigeria specimens (Taylor, 1978: 11).
Major worker - TL 6.97 mm, HL 1.65, HW 1.65, SL 1.01, PW 1.06
Minor worker - TL 4.39 mm, HL 1.09, HW 0.87, SL 1.21, PW 0.78

Colour black, red-brown extremities, shiny. Sculpturation of fine striations, most marked on the alitrunk. Coarse erect, long, colourless hairs sparse. Very sparse pilosity. Alitrunk arched, giving a humpbacked appearance. Declivity of propodeum with an obtuse angle near the bottom. Petiole a low node, near rectangular in lateral view.

It was moderately common on low shrubbery at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre, less frequently on cocoa, where it tends scale insects and aphids. Also forages on the soil and native trees, cashew and kola.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus sp T2 Nigeria B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3097.7	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	On weeds minor	2
Camponotus sp T2 Nigeria B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3098.7	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	Terminalia laxiflora minor	2
Camponotus sp T2 Nigeria B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3099.13	9.xi.2011 Kika-Beterou 09°14'07'' N 02°11'52'' E	running on the ground minor	1

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Benin, Kika-Beterou; collected by J-F Vayssieres (RVA 3097.4).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Benin, Kika-Beterou; collected by J-F Vayssieres (RVA 3098.7).