Camponotus (Myrmotrema) confluens Forel
Type location Zaïre (Forel, 1913b: 342, soldier &
worker) collected at Welgelegen, by J. Bequaert, also from Sankisia;
subspecies bequaerti (as variety of confluens, Forel,
1913b: 343, soldier, worker & queen) from Zaïre,
collected at Sankisia, by Bequaert, and trematogaster
(Santschi, 1915c: 266, worker) from Zaïre, collected at
Lake Nyanza, Katanga, by Dr Gérard; all forms known (see
Bolton, 1995)  .
Forel's (1913b) description is at
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with bequaerti at
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Santschi (1926c: 599) description of the type is at
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Santschi (1915c) described trematogaster, in comparison with
the type, as follows -
MAJOR - TL 4.5-7.0 mm; gaster with more dense puncturated sculpture
but no transverse striations; in bequaerti the sculpturation
is reticulate (in the minor the abdomen sculpture is as in the type);
mandibles, antennae, tibiae and tarsi clear yellow rust; head longer
than wide.
The photomontage is of a minor from the Central Africa Republic,
Dzanga-Sangha NP, 17.ii.2005, 02°53’25.9" N 16°10’26.4"
E 409m, seen 1300 to 1800, collector Philippe Annoyer. Other images
can be seen in the folder at -
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