Camponotus pawseyi

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

Nest in ground, AJM has observed major worker's head blocking the entrance, soil excavated from nest never seen near entrance, sometimes upper portion of entrance shaft lined with silk. (McArthur 2003)

Identification

McArthur (2003) - Minor worker similar to Camponotus tasmani. Distinguished by its uniformly convex vertex whereas in C. tasmani it is straight. In all other respects, similar to C. tasmani.

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: -22.6123° to -37.65000153°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• pawseyi. Camponotus pawseyi McArthur, 2003: 9, figs. 7, 14 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype minor worker, 2 paratype major workers, 3 paratype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: South Australia, Canunda, 37°39’S, 140°16’E, 18.i.1991 (C.K. Pawsey); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: SAMA (holotype); ANIC, SAMA (paratypes).
  • Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 322; Heterick, 2009: 64; McArthur, 2010: 92; McArthur, 2014: 170.
  • 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. Forehead swollen; anterior head (side view) weakly truncated, clypeus coarsely punctate with a distinct carina, anterior margin median section projects with a central concavity; mandibles striate; propodeum dorsal surface flat; node summit bluntly pointed; whole ant covered with plentiful erect setae; colour variable between black and red.

Minor worker Head sides straight, eyes near comers of head; clypeus anterior margin projecting convex crenate; 7 or 8 teeth; whole ant covered with plentiful erect setae, pubescence hiding integument; propodeum dorsum deeply concave; node summit convex; colour variable between black and red.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Canunda Station, Millicent, Woakwine Range, 37°39'S 140°16'E, South Australia, Australia, 37°39′0″S 140°16′0″E, South Australian Museum.
• Paratype, 5 workers, Canunda Station, Millicent, Woakwine Range, 37°39'S 140°16'E, South Australia, Australia, 37°39′0″S 140°16′0″E, Pawsey,C.K., ANIC32-023590, Australian National Insect Collection.

Etymology

Named after C. K. Pawsey, a naturalist from Millicent, South Australia.

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 9, figs. 7, 14 major, minor worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206. 
• McArthur A.J. 2003. New species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 127(1): 5-14.