Camponotus sericeus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Senegal. It is also found in Israel, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, India,

Nomenclature

 *  sericeus. Formica sericea Fabricius, 1798: 279 (w.) SENEGAL. Mayr, 1866b: 886 (q.); Forel, 1886f: 192 (m.); Forel, 1891b: 56 (s.w.q.m.); Imai, et al. 1984: 9 (k.). Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 675; in Orthonotomyrmex: Ashmead, 1906: 31; in C. (Myrmentoma): Forel, 1912i: 92; in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913k: 129. Senior synonym of aurulenta, obtusa: Roger, 1863b: 2; of pyrrhocephala: Emery, 1893f: 254. Current subspecies: nominal plus euchrous, peguensis, sanguiniceps, sulgeri.
 * aurulenta. Formica aurulenta Latreille, 1802c: 114, pl. 3, fig. 9 (q.) SENEGAL. Junior synonym of sericeus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
 * obtusa. Formica obtusa Smith, F. 1858b: 30 (w.) EGYPT. Junior synonym of sericeus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
 * pyrrhocephala. Formica pyrrhocephala Motschoulsky, 1863: 11 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of sericeus: Emery, 1893f: 254.

Additional References

 * Day, D. & Coumar, A. 2008. Report of a third Camponotus species with metaplerual gland from the world and first from India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae: Camponotini) Acta Entomologica Sinica 51, 234-236