The Ants of Africa
Genus Camponotus subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) werthi Forel

acvapimensis species-group
Small (for genus) TL soldier < 10 mm; minor heads sub-ovoid to square; alitrunk profile interrupted shallowly convex but propodeum markedly angular; mostly dark near black.

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) werthi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Kerguelen I. (Forel, 1908a: 18, worker; Forel, 1914d: 253, soldier; Arnold, 1922: 661, queen); subspecies skaifei (Arnold, 1959: 336, illustrated, soldier & worker) from South Africa; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995). Known from various localities in South Africa - its presence on Kerguelen presumably was as an immigrant, as it was found only in the house used by the explorer, Dr Werth .

Forel's (1908a) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1914d) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1922) gave a translation and description of the queen; these are at {original description}. Arnold's (1959) description of skaifei is at {original description}. Arnold (1949: 227) gave an illustration of the soldier pedicel area.
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