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Myrmonesites
| Myrmonesites | |
|---|---|
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| Camponotus putatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmonesites Emery, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus putatus
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Malagasy Hump-back Carpenter Ants
Diagnosis. Emery (1925) - "Worker. - Medium to small species; caste dimorphism weakly marked. Head of majors slightly to not concave posteriorly, nor truncated or obtuse anteriorly; head of minors rounded or truncated posteriorly. Clypeus short, without medial carina or anterior lobe, sometimes depressed or notched anteromedially (C. mocquerysi, Emery). Mesosoma slender or stout (C. letreillei, Emery); dorsum more-or-less impressed at sutures, especially at meso-propodeal suture, depressed, more-or-less marginate or submarginate, especially mesonotum and propodeum; sometimes submargination is vestigial (C. sikorai, Emery). Petiolar node squamiform, more-or-less thick, with a distinct upper surface, or nodiform. Cuticle largely shiny. Queen and male unknown.
Geographical distribution of species. - Madagascar.
Note: Whatever the differences of habitus may be, this subgeneric group seems to me natural. The existence of a dorsal border which is more-or-less restricted to the mesonotum distinguishes the workers of this subgenus from of the workers of the preceding subgenera [note: Emery is referring to subgenera 1–13, see the key to Old World subgenera for listing; Emery ordered the subgenera based on perceived relationships]. C. sikorai, Emery, seems to me to conjoin Myrmonesites with Mayria."
(Translated and edited by B. E. Boudinot, 17 February 2017.)
Myrmonesites is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMONESITES [subgenus of Camponotus]
- Myrmonesites Emery, 1920b: 242 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus putatus, by original designation.
- MYRMENSITES [unavailable name]
- Myrmensites Donisthorpe, 1943f: 666, incorrect subsequent spelling of Myrmonesites.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 117, Myrmonesites as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 242, Myrmonesites as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 123, Myrmonesites as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Klimeš, P., Drescher, J., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Nazarreta, R., Potocký, P., Rimandai, M., Scheu, S., Matos-Maraví, P. 2022. Uncovering cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and insights into the phylogeny of Camponotini (Hymenoptera:Formicidae:Formicinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 36(6), 557-579 (doi:10.1071/is21067).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 706, Myrmonesites as subgenus of Camponotus)