Camponotus hartogi

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Southern distribution, found in SA, Vic and WA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  hartogi. Camponotus hartogi Forel, 1902h: 500 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1974a: 61 (l.). Combination in C. (Myrmepomis): Forel, 1914a: 273; in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 111. Senior synonym of ferruginipes: Brown, 1956a: 40.
 * ferruginipes. Camponotus (Myrmosaga) ferruginipes Crawley, in Poulton & Crawley, 1922: 125 (s.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 111. Junior synonym of hartogi: Brown, 1956a: 40.

Description
Worker (Probably media) Length 9 mm. Mandibles short, the outer border a little curved, probably armed with 6 teeth, punctate and finely shagreen. Clypeus weakly convex scarcely sub lobed (rounded lobe) strongly indented in the middle of the anterior border and also laterally, without a keel, the sides diverging strongly to the front. Frontal ridges indistinct; frontal groove distinct. Frontal ridges strongly sinuous and diverging. The eyes at 2/5 of the posterior. The head as wide as long, in a short trapeze, rounded; posterior border weakly and widely concave. The scapes pass the occiput by 1/4 of their length. Pronotum wider than long, flat above, margined at the front and sides except for the posterior angles flatter and less shouldered than ethicus of Madigascar. Mesonotum sub depressed, sub edged. Metanotum compressed; basal face sub bordered three times as wide as long, twice as long as the declivity. Node very thick, convex in front and behind, with an obtuse border. Tibias cylindrical, with a range of little spines. Sub opaque (micans). Head and pronotum densely reticulate punctate; the remainder rather shagreen or wrinkled transversely. Punctation very sparse and very fine, almost none at all except on the gaster and front of the head. Pilosity erect reddish yellow, sparse on the body and scapes, none on the limbs. Pubescence is flat lying and sparse, fine and very distinct everywhere. Black; limbs red; borders of the gastric segments yellow. Yarra Districts, Victoria.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548.
 * Lowery B. B., and R. J. Taylor. 1994. Occurrence of ant species in a range of sclerophyll forest communities at Old Chum Dam, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 21: 11-14.
 * Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.