Camponotus inverallensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus claripes var. inverallensis Forel, 1910b: 72 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * [Misspelled as invallensis by Emery, 1925b: 110.]
 * Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110.
 * Subspecies of claripes: Emery, 1925b: 110; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 111; Taylor, 1987a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 105; McArthur, 2014: 52.
 * Status as species: Heterick, 2021: 17.
 * churchetti. Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008: 116, figs. (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory).
 * Status as species: McArthur, 2010: 102; McArthur, 2014: 62.
 * Junior synonym of inverallensis: Heterick, 2021: 17.

Taxonomic Notes
Heterick (2021): Examination of syntype (Camponotus claripes inverallensis) and paratype (C. churchetti) images and abundant major and minor worker material make it clear that C. churchetti is one and the same as C. claripes inverallensis, and it here becomes a junior synonym under C. inverallensis. However, the latter is specifically distinct from Camponotus claripes for the reasons given in the key and is elevated to species status in this work.

Description
Worker Length  6 to 10mm  Sculpture and shine as with the type, distribution of colors and the form of the epinotum is rather like the sub species marcens but the red yellow is paler and more dull than marcens especially in the case of the minor worker. The form of the head is intermediary; the sides are less convex than the type claripes. Reedy Creek, Inverall, NSW (Froggatt)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * McArthur A. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, IV + 121 pp.
 * McArthur A. J. 2008. New species of Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 109: 111-129.