Camponotus (Myrmosaga) schoutedeni Forel

Type locality Zaïre (Forel, 1911f: 281, worker; 1913a: 146, soldier) collected at Congo da Lemba, by R Mayné; worker and soldier described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel (1911f) described the
MINOR - TL 3.8-4 mm; similar to lubbocki from Madagascar, with same petiole scale (thick with a superior face) and concave saddle to the propodeum. The thorax is shorter and the promesonotum is a convex hump, especially so on the mesonotum. The head is shorter, only marginally longer than wide, less rectangular, wider posteriorly than anterirorly. The eyes are larger and situated in the posterior one-third (more forward in lubbocki). Mandibles with six teeth. Scape shorter, surpassing the occiput by less than half its length. Mandibles and antennae testaceous; legs brown, rest black and shiny.

Forel's (1911f) description of the minor is at . Forel's (1913a) description of the major is at , apparently collected at Redbank, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) by G. Arnold. Arnold (1924) provided a translation of Forel's (1911f, 1913a) descriptions; this is at .

Reported also by Santschi (1935), from Kwamouth, vi.1921, collected by Dr Schouteden - Forel (1911f) did not say why he called the species after Schouteden.

The photomontage is of a minor from BENIN, Bonou Forêt de Ghamboué N 06°22'28" E 02°31'32" Pitfall trap S Tchibozo 27.viii.2006.

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The photomontage is of a minor from Gabon; Pongara National Park, Pointe Wingombé, 0°19'336"N 0°19'102"E, 1-8.viii.2006, sweep netting in sesame and forest, collector Yves Braet.

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