Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Formica suffusa Smith, 1858a PDF: 38 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Forel, 1915b PDF: 105 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a PDF: 219 (l.).Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b PDF: 4.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1912j PDF: 92.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosaulus): Emery, 1925d PDF: 114.Senior synonym of Camponotus schencki: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 254; Emery, 1896j PDF: 373.Worker. HW 2.2 - 3.8; HL 2.4 - 3.4; FCW 0.6 - 1.0; PW 1.6 - 2.3. Red-brown, legs nearly similar color; gaster with golden short flat-lying, overlapping setae; scapes and tibiae with plentiful erect setae; anterior clypeal margin median section projecting, straight, bounded by angles; head finely punctate; node, anterior and posterior faces straight, summit sharp. Major worker. Head sides tapering forward; vertex straight; metanotum spiracle directed upward; propodeal dorsum flat not raised above level of metanotum; angle distinct about 135°; PD / D about 1.5. Minor worker. Head sides feebly convex tapering forward, anterior clypeal margin median section straight; vertex mostly straight; pronotum and mesonotum evenly convex; propodeal dorsum flat, angle distinct, about 135°; PD / D about 1.8; node summit sharp.
