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
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170975
Camponotus xanthopilus
new species
(
Figs 27–29
)
Diagnosis
. Dorsum of head with very fine leatherlike sculpturing and relatively shiny; enlarged hairs absent from pronotum (but thin erect hairs present); entire dorsal surface of gaster covered with enlarged pale yellow hairs.
FIGURES 27–29.
C. xanthopilus
new species
, major worker. Fig. 27, front of head; Fig. 28, dorsum of mesosoma; Fig. 29, side of body.
Description (minor worker, damaged, with cracked pronotum)
. Posterolateral surface of head rounding gradually from the dorsal to lateral surfaces, the posteroventral surface very weakly concave. Petiolar node forming 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 first three gastral tergites; pubescence thin and sparse across entire body. Colour black, legs and gaster dark redblack.
Description (major worker)
. Differing from minor worker in the typically broader head and more abundant hairs. Other characters as in minor worker.
Measurements
. Minor worker (n=1,
paratype
): CI 95, HL 2.00mm, HW
1.89mm
, ML
2.89mm
, MTL
2.05mm
, SI 124, SL
2.35mm
. Major worker (n=1,
holotype
): CI 100, HL
2.31mm
, HW
2.33mm
, ML
2.97mm
, MTL
2.04mm
, SI 95, SL
2.21mm
.
Material Examined
.
Holotype
and
paratype
worker from Managalase area,
2500– 3000ft
., Northern District,
Papua New Guinea
,
August 1965
, R. Pullen (
ANIC
).
Comments
. This species is known from a single collection of two workers. It was collected at a relatively high elevation in the same general area as
C. mussolinii
.