Myrmotarsus

Flat-footed Carpenter Ants

Diagnosis. Emery (1925). - "Worker and queen. - Robust, large to medium species. Head of majors and queens large, strongly narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins almost straight, posterior head margin broadly concave, anterior portion of head somewhat bulging and depressed; head of minors like that of Tanaemyrmex form Alpha. Clypeus depressed, not carinate medially, without anterior lobe or with short, rectangular or rounded lobe. Mandibles remarkably prominent, armed with 5 to 6 large teeth. Mesosoma massive, dorsum continuous, not at all marginate. Petiolar scale high, with more-or-less sharp margins. Legs short, tibiae more-or-less compressed and hairy; tarsi short, foretibiae lined with thick brush. Male - unknown.

Geographical distribution of species. - Indochina, Sunda islands, Philippines.

Ethology. - C. mistura makes hanging gardens in Malaysia."

(Translated and edited by B. E. Boudinot, 17 February 2017.)

Myrmotarsus is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMOTARSUS [subgenus of Camponotus]
 * Myrmotarsus Forel, 1912i: 92 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Formica mistura, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 81.
 * [Type-species not Formica irritabilis, unjustified subsequent designation by Forel, 1914a: 260.]