Camponotus niveosetosus

Identification
A member of the Camponotus niveosetosus'' species group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus niveosetosus Mayr, 1862: 665 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Mayr, 1866b: 885 (q.); Forel, 1891b: 41 (s.); Arnold, 1922: 659 (m.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
 * combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1914e: 41;
 * combination in C. (Myrmepomis): Emery, 1920b: 259;
 * combination in C. (Myrmopiromis): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 986.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 400; Roger, 1863b: 2; André, 1884b: 537; Mayr, 1865: 35 (redescription); Emery, 1877b: 364; Mayr, 1866b: 885; Forel, 1891b: 41 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Emery, 1895h: 55; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1907g: 89; Forel, 1910f: 30; Arnold, 1922: 658; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 986, 1052; Emery, 1925b: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus irredux.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Arnold G. 1960. Aculeate Hymenoptera from the Drakensberg Mountains, Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum 15: 79-87.
 * Botes, A., M.A. McGeoch, H.G. Robertson, A. van Niekerk, H.P. Davids and S.L. Chown. 2006. Ants, altitude and change in the northern Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography 33:71-90
 * Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
 * Emery, C.. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dal Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese dei Bogos. [concl.]." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9 (1877): 363-381.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
 * French K., and R. E. Major. 2001. Effect of an exotic Acacia (Fabaceae) on ant assemblages in South African fynbos. Austral Ecology 26: 303310.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Koen J. H., and W. Breytenbach. 1988. Ant species richness of fynbos and forest ecosystems in the Southern Cape. South Afr. Tydskr. Dierk. 23(3): 184-188.
 * Kotze D. J., and M. J. Samways. 2001. No general edge effects for invertebrates at Afromontane forest/grassland ecotones. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 443466.
 * Kotze D. J., and M. J. Samways. Invertebrate conservation at the interface between the grassland matrix and natural Afromontane forest fragments. 1999. Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 1339-1363.
 * Rakotonirina J. C., S. Csosz, and B. L. Fisher. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238 (2): 203–245.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004