Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr

Type location Mozambique (Mayr, 1895: 191, worker; Mayr, 1901b: 28, footnote, queen; Arnold, 1924: 715, soldier, illustrated; also East Africa); subspecies candidus (Santschi, 1926c: 618, worker) from Tanzania, epinotalis (as species, Santschi, 1916b: 508, soldier & worker; reduced to variety, Emery, 1925b: 134) from Zimbabwe, and erythromelus (Emery, 1896i: 158, illustrated, worker; Menozzi, 1927f: 361, queen; subspecies of braunsi, Emery, 1897e: 605) from Somalia; soldier, worker and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1895) description of the worker is at ; his (1901b) description of a larger worker and the queen is at . Santschi (1914b) gave a further description, this is at . Arnold (1924: 710, 715) provided a translation of Mayr's papers, notes on the soldier and an illustration; these are at . Similarly, Arnold (1924: 710, 716) gave notes on epinotalis; these are at . Emery's (1896i) description of erythromelus is at . Santschi's (1926c) description of candidus is at .

The photomontage is of a major from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Acacia nilotica, 13.i.1997, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of a minor from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Acacia nilotica, 13.i.1997, by G McGavin.