Myrmosericus

Silky Carpenter Ants

Diagnosis: Emery (1925), Workers and queens. - Medium and elongated species; Forms of the subgenus T a11aemyrmex. Head of small workers made on type a, sometimes very long; In C. augustieejs, Emery (Plate 3, Fig. 3), the elongation and narrowness become extreme: the minimal worker has the head narrower in front than behind and the occipital edge shrinks. Chest of teenage workers continuous, sometimes the e.pinotum is impressed in the back of the saddle. Tegument matt, especially in the worker, coated with a silky pubescence more or less dense, especially the gastre. Mdle. - Like the previous subgenus. Geographical distribution of species. - India, all continental Africa, Mauritius, Canary Islands, Spain, Provence, Sicily, Calabria.'''

This is currently a subgenus of Camponotus. Please see Camponotus for further information.

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMOSERICUS [subgenus of Camponotus]
 * Myrmosericus Forel, 1912i: 91 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Formica rufoglauca, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 81.
 * [See note under Myrmosaulus.]