A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Author Wild, A. L. text Zootaxa 2007 1622 1 55 http://www.antbase.org/ants/publications/21367/21367.pdf journal article 21367 Camponotus coloratus Forel 1904a. NEW STATUS . Camponotus melanoticus v. colorata Forel 1904a: 49. [ holotype w examined, MHNG ; Cienaga , Columbia ] . Camponotus (Myrmoturba) melanoticus var. colorata Forel . Bruch 1914: 229. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. colorata Forel . Emery 1925: 83. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. coloratus Forel . Kempf 1972: 72. Camponotus coloratus cannot be considered conspecific with C. substitutus . Both ants are locally sympatric in the Paraguayan chaco without signs of hybridization. These species share a similar striking bicoloration (see discussion under C. substitutus ), but workers of C. coloratus , in addition to being on average larger than workers of C. substitutus , have disproportionately longer legs, a more opaque microsculpture, and considerably reduced pilosity with the sides of the head of the major bearing fewer than 5 standing setae. Paraguayan material is lighter in color and with a broader head in the major caste than Forel’s type from Colombia, but given the allopatric nature of the variation I see no reason to divide C. coloratus further.