The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) occasus Emery

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 (Tanemyrmex) occasus}

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) occasus Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cape Verde Islands (Emery, 1920c: 300, illustrated, soldier & worker); soldier and worker known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1920c) description is at {original description}.

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