Camponotus benguelensis - AntCat

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Camponotus benguelensis Santschi, 1911 valid

Camponotus foraminosus st. benguelensis Santschi, 1911g: 213 (s.w.q.m.) ANGOLA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet). Primary type depositories: NHMB, SIZK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0911828, CASENT0911829, CASENT0917163, CASENT0917164 (q.). Type notes: Radchenko et al., 2025: 473, cite 10 syntype workers, 5 syntype queens in SIZK.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 269.
Subspecies of Camponotus foraminosus: Wheeler, 1922: 979.
Subspecies of Camponotus grandidieri: Santschi, 1915c: 269 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 132; Santschi, 1930b: 58.
Status as species: Santschi, 1937d: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 88.

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus foraminosus benguelensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2025. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 3. Formicinae. Zootaxa 5613 (3):469-499. 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.3 PDF
Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:204-217. PDF
Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:244-282. PDF
Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 44:211-250. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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