Camponotus nigriceps obniger

Camponotus nigriceps obniger
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus consobrinus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus nigriceps obniger Forel, 1902

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus consobrinus.

Nomenclature

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

• obniger. Camponotus nigriceps r. obniger Forel, 1902h: 506 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1910b: 72 (q.). Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 103. Subspecies of consobrinus: Wheeler, W.M. 1933b: 23; Clark, 1934c: 71; of nigriceps: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 117. Junior synonym of consobrinus: McArthur & Adams, 1996: 22.

Description

A little less robust than the type and at the same time compared with the variety dimidiatus. Black, antennae,the legs,the node and the fore part of the gaster a testaceous yellow. Tarsi slightly brownish yellow. That which distinguishes this race from the type and the other varieties, is that the scapes and tibias have a sparse and flat lying pubescence. Likewise pilosity on the body is extremely sparse with none on the cheeks.