Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cruentatus (Latreille)
Type location "Africa"
(Formica cruentata, Latreille, 1802c: 116, illustrated, worker;
Roger, 1862b: 255, queen & male; Emery, 1916b: 230, major worker) -
no images on Antweb (October 2014)
junior synonyms
opaca (Formica opaca Duf. mscrpt., Nylander,
1856:
55, illustrated clypeus, worker; synonymy Roger, 1859: 228; Mayr, 1861:
36; and unavailable name bucephala, Roger, 1862c: 255) from France
- no images on Antweb (October 2014)
gigas (Formica
gigas, Leach, 1825: 292, all forms; synonymy Dalla
Torre, 1893: 277) from France - no images on Antweb (October
2014)
cruentior (Camponotus
(Myrmosericus) cuentatus Ol. var. cruentior n. var., Santschi,
1931a: 12, major & minor workers; synonymy Cagniant, 1991b: 51)
from Morocco, Tangier, Buchet, 1901
- see below
lindbergi (Camponotus
(Myrmosericus) cuentatus Ol. var. lindbergi n. var., Santschi, 1931a:
12, major & minor workers,
synonymy Cagniant, 1991b: 51) from Morocco,
Azrou, Alluaud. - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0911765
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Latreille's (1802c) description is at ; Leach's (1825)
description of gigas is at [Leach, W. E. 1825. Descriptions of
thirteen species of Formica and three species of Culex,
found in the environs of Nice. Zool. J. 2, 289-293. ];
Nylander's (1856b)
description of opaca is at ; he recognises opaca
as described in manuscript by Dufour and from Savignyi, Atl. Aegyt,
X, 20, f.7. Roger's (1862b) description of the queen and male is at ![{original description}](../card4.jpg)
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Emery's
(1916b key) description including the worker is at ; Santschi's (1931a) descriptions of cruentior
and lindbergi
are at ; he attributes the
species to Olivier (presumably Olivier, 1792) but this appears to be an
error.
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Cagniant
(1985b) studied a range of populations and describes cruentatus
as polymorphic, with a considerable size range, TL 6-14 mm;
His general description of the worker was - colour head, scape and
promesonotum blueish-black, scape, propodeum, petiole and base of legs
reddish brown, rest of legs very dark brown, funiculus clearer,
posterior gaster black.
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The
photomontage of the cruentior
type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent09117638.
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The
photomontage of the cruentior
type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911764.
Listed by Santschi (1931a).
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Camponotus (Myrmosaga) cruentatus
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M James
2002-10
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2002
Sinai
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St Katherine’s
Protectorate
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1
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Egypt record
- Savignyi collection.
James 2002 sample 10, from St Katharine's Protectorate. These show the
features emphasised by Emery (1916b) - TL 6-14 mm; tibia compressed
laterally, excavated on the dorsal face with a longitudinal groove;
hairs yellowish and quite thick on the gaster; postero-ventral
alitrunk, coxae and much of the femora, petiole and dorsum of first
gastral segment reddish-rust; rest black or brown.
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