Camponotus subpilus, Shattuck, Steve, 2005

Shattuck, Steve, 2005, Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species­group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland, Zootaxa 903, pp. 1-20 : 13-16

Camponotus subpilus new species ( Figs 19–21 )

Diagnosis (minor worker). Enlarged hairs on pronotum present but limited to a band along the central 1/3 of its width; dorsal surface of head with scattered, widely spaced pubescence; mesonotum weakly arched and dorsum of mesosoma forming a shallow arch with the propodeum relatively high; dorsum of gaster the same colour as the mesosoma.

Description (minor worker). Posterolateral margin of head angular, the dorsal surface weakly convex, the lateral surface weakly concave, a ridge running from the eye to the posterolateral corner. Petiolar node low, block­like, its dorsal surface broadly convex. Individual erect hairs scattered on dorsum of mesosoma, petiole and gaster; enlarged yellow hairs present on central one­third of pronotum; pubescence thin and sparse across entire body. Colour black, gaster black with a small pale yellow spots on the anterolateral corners of the second tergite, legs dark red­black.

Measurements. Minor worker (n=3): CI 87–89, HL 1.89–2.07mm, HW 1.67– 1.85mm, ML 3.20–3.30mm, MTL 2.21–2.24mm, SI 131–151, SL 2.43–2.57mm. Material Examined. Holotype worker and 2 worker paratypes from PT. Freeport Concession, Wapoga camp, 3,800ft., 3°14’S 136°57’E, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 29 April 1998, R. R. Snelling, montane primary rainforest, foragers on vegetation (holotype and 1 paratype in LACM, 1 paratype in ANIC).

Comments. The single known collection of this species consisted of workers foraging on vegetation in a rainforest. It is presumably arboreal nesting.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 21. C. subpilus new species, minor worker. Fig. 19, front of head; Fig. 20, dorsum of mesosoma; Fig. 21, side of body.