The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) natalensis (F. Smith)

pompeius species-group
Major clypeus with distinct median carina; large TL 15 mm plus; alitrunk profile convex with angular propodeum, petiole scale quite thick; trimorphic (?) minors with distinct posteriorly narrowed heads; soldiers dark red-brown to near black; minors lighter brown-orange to yellow-red. Most catalogued under Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) by Wheeler (1922: 962).

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) natalensis (F. Smith)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Formica natalensis, F. Smith, 1858b: 33, all forms); subspecies all from South Africa are corvus (Forel, 1879a: 79, all forms), diabolus (Forel, 1879a: 81, soldier & worker), fulvipes (Emery, 1895h: 51; Forel, 1914a: 267, worker; Santschi, 1914e: 38, queen & male) and politiceps (Santschi, 1914e: 38, worker & male); all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Smith's (1858b) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1879a) descriptions of corvus and diabolus are at {original description} and {original description}. Emery (1895h) defined fulvipes from Makapan, as differing from corvus solely in having pale clear tarsi contrasting with the dark body. Santschi's (1914e) description of politiceps is at {original description} Arnold's (1922: 652) description is at {original description}; with his translation of diabolus at {original description}; and of other subspecies at {original description}.

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