Camponotus discors Forel 1902

Taxonomic History

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Extant: 3 valid subspecies

Camponotus maculatus st. discors Forel, 1902j PDF: 497 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1915b PDF: 99; Wheeler, 1915h PDF: 814.Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 102.Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1907j PDF: 299; Forel, 1910b PDF: 70; Emery, 1914a PDF: 180; Forel, 1915b PDF: 99; Wheeler, 1915h PDF: 814.Status as species: Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 8; Emery, 1925d PDF: 102; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 113; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 96; McArthur, 2007b PDF: 335; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 69; McArthur, 2014: 148.

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Diagnostic Description

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Worker. HW 1.34 - 3.02; HL 1.74 - 2.97; PW 1.19 - 1.83; CW 0.42 - 0.80. Yellow to brownish-yellow; glossy; sparse pilosity; erect setae sparse, a few scattered under head (more so with major workers), flat-lying, sparse but distinct; node summit sharp, thicker in minor worker; frontal carinae narrow. Major worker. Head sides mostly straight; vertex straight; anterior clypeal margin median section projecting, nearly straight, crenulate, bounded by angles; eyes small. Minor worker. Head sides nearly straight, feebly tapering forward; eyes situated

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bibliographic citation: McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, pp. 290-351, vol. 80
author: McArthur, A. J.

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