Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Camponotus capito Mayr, 1876 PDF: 64 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Forel, 1915b PDF: 99 (w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b PDF: 650 (l.).Combination in Camponotus (Myrmophyma): Forel, 1912j PDF: 91.Provisional junior synonym of Camponotus cinereus: Santschi, 1919a PDF: 330.Revived from synonymy: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 110.Worker. HW 1.65 - 3.35; HL 1.85 - 3.20; PW 1.45 - 2.4. Redbrown, gaster darker; sparse erect setae to 0.5 mm long, scattered on mesosoma, mostly near angle, none under head, on scapes nor tibiae. Major worker. Head sides straight, tapering to front; anterior clypeal margin middle third strongly projecting, narrow, bounded by wide angles, crenulate between; forehead swollen; metanotum distinct. Minor worker. Anterior clypeal margin middle half strongly projecting, bounded by right angles; pronotum and mesonotum uniformly humped, high.
Worker. HW 1.5 - 3.00; HL 1.6 - 2.95; PW 1.5 - 2.3. Red to brown; sparse long setae scattered along mesosoma, plentiful under head, flat-lying short and indistinct on scapes and tibiae. Major worker. Median third is bounded by two projecting teeth with a feebly crenulated concavity between; head sides posterior half straight parallel, otherwise convex; vertex straight, node summit sharp; eyes small, elongate. Minor worker. Head rectangular; anterior clypeal margin projecting, convex; pro and mesonotum strongly humped; propodeum deeply concave; plentiful white short flat-lying setae; eyes small, round.
