Manniella

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Manniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Manniella
Wheeler, W.M., 1921
Type species
Camponotus sphaericus

Mann's Carpenter Ants

Diagnosis. Emery (1925). - "Worker and soldier [major]. - Small species; caste dimorphism as pronounced as in Colobopsis, intermediates between soldier and worker do not appear to exist. Head of soldier somewhat longer than wide, strongly truncate anteriorly, surface of truncation comprising including cheeks, marginate laterally and anteriorly, and whole clypeus, frontal area of head depressed between frontal carinae, as in the typical species, and this impression divided by a median longitudinal carina; this frontal depression lacking in C. ulcerosus, Wheeler. Head of worker not different from most species of Myrmaphaenus. [Note: C. ulcerosus was transferred to Myrmaphaenus by Creighton (1951).] Clypeus of worker carinate; clypeus of soldier narrow and flat or with longitudinal sulcus (C. ulcerosus). Frontal carinae sinuate; antennal insertions situated as in Pseudocolobopsis. Mesosoma and petiole as in Myrmaphaenus. Queen and male. - Unknown.

Geographical distribution of species. - Cuba, Arizona.

Ethology. - Wood-dwelling species."

(Translated and edited by B. E. Boudinot, 19 February 2017.)


Manniella is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • MANNIELLA [subgenus of Camponotus]
    • Manniella Wheeler, W.M. 1921a: 19 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus sphaericus, by original designation.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 118, Manniella as subgenus of Camponotus)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1951. Studies on Arizona ants. 1. The habits of Camponotus ulcerosus Wheeler and its identity with C. bruesi Wheeler. Psyche (Camb.) 58: 47-64 (page 58, worker, queen described; page 57, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaneus); page 53, Senior synonym of bruesi)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 159, Manniella as subgenus of Camponotus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1921a. Professor Emery's subgenera of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Psyche (Camb.) 28: 16-19 (page 19, Manniella as subgenus of Camponotus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 710, Manniella as subgenus of Camponotus)