Key to Camponotus Karavaievia males

This key to males is based on: [[Media:Dumpert Maschwitz Weissflog 2006.pdf|Dumpert, K., U. Maschwitz and A. Weissflog. 2006. Description of five new weaver ant species of Camponotus subgenus Karavaievia EMERY, 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Malaysia and Thailand, with contribution to their biology, especially to colony foundation. Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:69-82. PDF]]

There are a number of species in the species-group where males have yet to be collected.

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 * Camponotus
 * Karavaievia

1

 * HW < 0.9 mm . . . . . 2


 * HW > 0.9 mm . . . . . 5

2
return to couplet #1
 * Head wider than long . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis


 * Head longer than wide . . . . . 3

3
return to couplet #2
 * Pronotum with two dark stripes . . . . . Camponotus striatipes


 * Pronotum without dark stripes . . . . . 4

4
return to couplet #3
 * Scutellum dark brown . . . . . Camponotus asli


 * Scutellum yellowish brown . . . . . Camponotus melanus

5
return to couplet #1
 * HW nearly 1.1 mm and more . . . . . Camponotus orinus


 * HW between 0.9 and 1.05 mm . . . . . 6

6
return to couplet #5
 * Head wider than long . . . . . 7


 * Head nearly as wide as long . . . . . 8

7
return to couplet #6
 * CI 115, scutellum shiny . . . . . Camponotus micragyne


 * CI 108, scutellum opaque . . . . . Camponotus gombaki

8
return to couplet #6
 * Front part of head lighter than rest of head . . . . . Camponotus weissflogi


 * Front part of head not lighter than rest of head . . . . . 9

9
return to couplet #8
 * Uniformly reddish brown in color . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis


 * Head and mesosoma blackish brown, gaster yellowish brown . . . . . Camponotus texens