The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Myrmosericus
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) petersii Emery
{Camponotus petersii worker}

Camponotus (Myrmosericus) petersii Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Emery, 1895h: 50, illustrated, worker; Forel, 1914d: 254, soldier; Arnold, 1924: 684, illustrated, queen and male) collected at Vrijburg, Pretoria; subspecies janus (Forel, 1911e: 288, worker - page no 228 is wrong in Bolton, 1995) from South Africa; all forms known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1895h) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1911e: 288) description of janus is at {original description}. Arnold (1924) gave a translation and a description of the queen and male; these, with his translation of janus are at {original description} and {original description}.

{Camponotus petersii}Emery (1895h) had seen other specimens from Angola, at Delagoa Bay; and Leribe, Basutoland, collected by M. Weitzecker.
Contents
© 2007 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.

href="camponotus_petersii.htm"