Myrmopiromis

Furry Carpenter Ants

(See also Orthonotomyrmex, Myrmepinotus, Myrmotrema, and Myrmisolepis.)

Diagnosis. Emery (1925) - "Workers and queens - Large to medium species; caste dimorphism somewhat marked. Head of majors and queens wider than long, narrower anteriorly, widely truncated or sometimes slightly emarginate posteriorly; head of minors similar, but less broad. Cheeks without large punctae, as are characteristic of which are characteristic for Myrmotrema. Clypeus medially carinate, sometimes carina absent in majors; clypeus with short, truncated, or rounded anterior lobe. Mesosomal dorsum arched, continuous (fulvopilosus niveosetosus groups), or more-or-less strongly impressed anterior to propodeum (chrysurus and sclaris groups); pronotum sometimes with mossy[?] tooth at the shoulders (fulvopilosus, ellioti [note: I do not know what Emery meant by "mousse"). Petiolar scale usually not thick, but thinned or sharp along margins. Cuticle matte, black or brown, most often lined with coarse, yellow, red, or white setae. Or with fine pubescence, forming gastral fur. Male. - Similar to Myrmepinotus. I know the males of C. fulvopilosus and C. darwini. The first has longer antennae, with scapes extending beyond posterior head margin by more than half their length; pedicel and flagellum as in Myrmepinotus.

Geographical distribution of species. - Southern and Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, and Seychelles."

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

Myrmopiromis is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMOPIROMIS [subgenus of Camponotus]
 * Myrmopiromis Wheeler, W.M. 1921a: 17 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Formica fulvopilosa, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 707.