The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) baynei Arnold

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) baynei} major

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) baynei Arnold

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Camponotus maculatus race baynei n. race., Arnold, 1922: 632, soldier & worker; raised to species Emery, 1925b: 92); soldier and worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Arnold's (1922) description is at {original description}.

{Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) baynei media}The photomontages are of specimens from South Africa, Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; 350 m; S 33°59.39' E 20°48.32'; Peter Hlavác; 25-26.i.2004; two major & two media specimens; also two minima workers from Western Cape, Knysna env., Goukamma, S 34°02.7' E 22°50.2'; sea level; from coastal forest.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) baynei minima}Minima specimens from Knysna, RSA.
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