Review of the Camponotus aureopilus speciesgroup (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland
Author
Shattuck, Steve
text
Zootaxa
2005
903
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170975
b8c1bdd7-f1aa-400e-9377-adcaf4300c7d
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170975
Camponotus densopilus
new species
(
Figs 7–12
)
Diagnosis (minor worker)
. Enlarged hairs on pronotum present, yellow and covering the entire dorsal surface; pubescence on dorsum of head thin and widely spaced.
Description (minor worker)
. Posterolateral margin of head angular, the dorsal surface weakly convex, the lateral surface weakly concave (more so in smaller workers, less so in larger workers), a ridge running from the eye to the posterolateral corner. Petiolar node tapering dorsally into a blunt angle. Individual erect hairs scattered on dorsum of mesosoma, petiole and gaster; enlarged yellow hairs present on dorsal surface of pronotum; pubescence thin and scattered across entire body. Colour black, legs redblack.
Description (major worker)
. Differing from minor worker in the enlarged head, higher, more angular propodeum and overall larger size. Other characters as in minor worker.
Measurements
. Minor worker (n=3): CI 90–93, HL
1.73–2.06mm
, HW
1.56– 1.91mm
, ML 2.87–3.00mm, MTL
1.99–2.17mm
, SI 128–146, SL
2.27–2.45mm
. Major worker (n=2): CI 101–105, HL
2.54–3.16mm
, HW
2.56–3.31mm
, ML
3.19–4.47mm
, MTL
2.17–2.28mm
, SI 71–90, SL
2.31–2.36mm
.
Material Examined
.
Holotype
worker and
17 worker
paratypes
from PT. Freeport Concession, Wapoga camp,
3,800ft
.,
3°14’S
136°57’E
, Irian Jaya,
Indonesia
,
20 April 1998
, R. R. Snelling, montane primary rainforest, foragers running on log (
holotype
and 11
paratypes
in
LACM
, 2
paratypes
in
ANIC
, 2
paratypes
in
BMNH
, 2
paratypes
in
MCZC
).
Comments
. This species, known from a single collection, was found in rainforest where the workers were foraging on a log.