Camponotus subnitidus Mayr 1876 articles

Taxonomic History

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Extant: 2 valid subspecies

Camponotus subnitidus Mayr, 1876 PDF: 65 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Camponotus (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1914a PDF: 268.Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 91.

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Diagnostic Description

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Worker. HW 2.0 - 4.8; HL 3.2 - 5.5; PW 1.5 - 2.7. Brown; erect setae sparse, more plentiful under head, tibiae and scapes lacking erect setae. Major worker. Head sides straight, nearly parallel; vertex straight; anterior head feebly truncate; eyes flattish; anterior clypeal margin straight, narrow, bounded by 135° angles, projecting, in lateral view concave near margin; propodeum uniformly convex, an angle. Minor worker. Head sides mostly straight, tapering into a collar at rear; head finely reticulate; anterior clypeal margin wide, convex, projecting, with a strong carina; propodeal dorsum straight, PD / D about 4, angle indistinct; eyes bulbous; frontal carinae narrow; node long, anterior face short, summit rising upward to a transverse ridge, posterior face concave above, straight below.

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bibliographic citation: McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, pp. 290-351, vol. 80
author: McArthur, A. J.

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