Camponotus longifacies

Camponotus longifacies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. longifacies
Binomial name
Camponotus longifacies McArthur, 2003 Specimen labels

B. B. Lowery inscribed on label “Nest in sandy soil, pasture and Callitris, neat crater”.

Identification

McArthur (2003) - One of the smallest Camponotus, similar to Camponotus sponsorum. Distinguished by the closely placed frontal carinae shown and by the long face in minor workers although interestingly the face of major workers is more square; clypeus in major workers with deep wide tentorial pits, mid section of clypeus is raised up between tentorial pits into a flattish plain above cheeks bounded by two longitudinal ridges, without carina, clypeus anterior margin has a deep central concavity bounded by two small teeth, whereas in C. sponsorum major workers clypeus not raised up, mid section of anterior margin convex with a weak central concavity and distinct carina.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Camponotus majors of the southwestern Botanical Province
• Key to Australian Camponotus minors of the southwestern Botanical Province
• Key to Australian Camponotus species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.8° to -34.75°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

Major

Images from AntWeb

Paratype of Camponotus longifacies. Worker. Specimen code casent0172131. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• longifacies. Camponotus longifacies McArthur, 2003: 8, figs. 1, 4, 6, 13 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: holotype minor worker, 2 paratype major workers, 2 paratype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: New South Wales, Narrandera, 30 mi. W, 34°45’S, 146°01’E, 29.viii.1976 (B.B. Lowery); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, SAMA (paratypes).
  • Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 333; Heterick, 2009: 65; McArthur, 2010: 80; McArthur, 2014: 108.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Major worker. Mesosoma forms an even convexity; propodeum angle indistinct; node summit, pointed in all directions.

Minor worker. Head sides straight tapering to the front; pronotum and mesonotum form an even convexity; node elongate, summit blunt; propodeum angle wide.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, 30mi. W Narrandera, 34°45'S 146°01'E, New South Wales, Australia, 34°45′0″S 146°01′0″E, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-023592, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 4 workers, 30mi. W Narrandera, 34°45'S 146°01'E, New South Wales, Australia, 34°45′0″S 146°01′0″E, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-023596, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 minor, 1 major worker, 30mi. W Narrandera, 34°45'S 146°01'E, New South Wales, Australia, 34°45′0″S 146°01′0″E, South Australian Museum.

Etymology

So named because of minor worker's distinctly long face.

References

• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• McArthur, A.J. 2003. New species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 127(1):5-14. (page 8, figs. 1, 4, 6, 13 minor, major worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• McArthur A.J. 2003. New species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 127(1): 5-14.