Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) simus Emery

Type location Zaïre (Emery, 1908b: 188, illustrated, soldier, worker & queen) collected at Sankuru, by Luja; subspecies manidis, (Forel 1909b: 62, soldier & worker) from Zaïre, lower Congo, from stomach of Manis temmincki, collected by Solon; soldier, worker and queen known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1908b) description is at . Santschi (1926c) gave a description is at

Forel (1911f) writing of manidis Forel, from Bas Congo, noted that he had compared the form with the type from Emery - manidis differed consistently in the head being less truncated anteriorly; the colour was clearer brown and the pilosity a little more abundant and more erect on the tibiae.

In 1909, he had described manidis as - TL 4-6 mm; MAJOR - mandibles slender, slightly shiny, sparsely punctate, finely shagreened and with 5 teeth. Clypeus double indented, slightly forward medially, faintly subcarinate posteriorly, Head trapezoidal, a little longer than wide, widened and strongly impressed posteriorly, sides quite convex; frontal area very small, frontal carinae strongly divergent and sinuous. Eyes forward of posterior one-third. Scapes scarcely passing the occiput by less than their width. Funiculus segments a little longer than wide. Alitrunk fairly short, barely convex in all directions, without a suture. Posterior to metanotal suture, the propodeal dorsum is raised slightly but barely depressed or bordered, rectangular, 60% longer than wide; curving into the declivity which is of similar length. Petiole biconvex, rounded and truncated on top, of medium thickness. Femora short, tibiae cylindrical, without spurs.
Shiny, very finely and feebly shagreened; piligerous puncturation sparse but distinct, specially on the front where the punctures are large. Genae without any large punctures, nor on the dorsum of head, similar to foraminosus. Erect pilosity yellowish red, abundant or at least moderately so on the entire body; on the tibiae and scapes this pilosity shorter and oblique, but still abundant and distinct. Colour brown or brownish yellow; appendages red or yellow brown.
MINOR - overall similar, mandibles with 5 teeth, clypeus more carinate posteriorly. Head also trapezoidal; widened posteriorly; only slgihtly longer than wide, but sides less convex and posterior border near straight. Dorsum of propodeum straighter, twice as long as wide. Petiole scale more convex anteriorly.
Particularly characterised by its pilosity.