Key to Afrotropical Camponotus rufoglaucus species group (Myrmosericus)

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Afrotropical Camponotus rufoglaucus species group

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 * In profile view, black erect setae clearly visible and present in mesosoma and/or gaster. Sometimes the quetae reduced in length, or absent in some individuals on mesosoma .....2
 * In profile view, erect setae either not present, or if present, not black in mesosoma and/or gaster .....10

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return to couplet 1 eugeniae amplior Forel, 1913
 * Numerous (>15), very long thick erect quetae present all over the mesosoma and genae .....Camponotus eugeniae, Camponotus eugeniae amplior
 * Scattered (<10) black shorter setae present on the pronotum and sometimes on the mesonotum, never present on propodeum or on the genae..... Camponotus somalinus, Camponotus somalinus curtior, Camponotus somalinus pattensis

--- angusticeps Emery, 1886 (South Africa)

cinctellus (Gerstäcker, 1859) (Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Camponotus venustus Mayr, 1867

cinctellus belliceps Santschi, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

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cosmicus (Smith, F., 1858) (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862 (Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates)

• Camponotus micans albisectus Emery, 1892

petersii Emery, 1895 (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

petersii janus Forel, 1911 (South Africa)

rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851) (Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Canary Islands, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe)

• Camponotus redtenbacheri Mayr, 1862

rufoglaucus controversus Santschi, 1916 (United Republic of Tanzania)

• Camponotus rufoglaucus flavopilosus Viehmeyer, 1913

rufoglaucus latericius Stitz, 1923 (Namibia)

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rufoglaucus syphax Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

rufoglaucus zanzibaricus Forel, 1911 (United Republic of Tanzania)

rufoglaucus zulu Emery, 1895 (South Africa)

valdeziae Forel, 1879 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

vestitus (Smith, F., 1858) (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

vestitus anthracinus Santschi, 1930 (Angola)

vestitus bombycinus Santschi, 1930 (Angola)

vestitus comptus Santschi, 1926 (Ivory Coast)

Only queen and male described

vestitus intuens Santschi, 1926 (Angola, Eritrea)

vestitus lujai Santschi, 1930 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

vestitus pectitus Santschi, 1930 (Angola)

vestitus perpectitus Santschi, 1926 (Benin)

Only Queen described

vestitus strophiatus Santschi, 1926 (South Africa)

zimmermanni Forel, 1894 (Ethiopia)

zimmermanni pansus Santschi, 1926 (Kenya)