Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) euchrous Santschi - new status

Type location French Sudan (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus F. v. euchrous n. var., Santschi, 1926b: 267, queen) - i.e. in the western Sahel and not modern Sudan, as given by Bolton (1995] .

Santschi's (1926b) description of the queen is at .

Translated = v euchrous n. var. - head, alitrunk and appendages red often quite bright; more slender; petiole scale higher; gaster black; pubescence greyish yellow; from "French Sudan".
With the fresh specimen shown below, I have separated this from the "type form" Camponotus sericeus.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Niger, Niamey Airport, 13°28'38"N 02°10'31"E, elev 227 m; 20.viii.2006; David King. Two individuals sighted, one captured; foraging during the day.

This shows the slender form, quite bright red head and appendages, plus a black gaster. The clypeus is quite distinct from that of sericeus, in having no median carina but with the anterior margin with the median part concave and quite prominent denticles between the median arc and the lateral arcuate sectors.

Other images can be seen in the folder at -