Camponotus paraleonardi

Recorded from Phang-nga Province in Thailand and from Mandalay Division in Myanmar.

Identification
Minor worker: Black species with brown antennae and legs; long pale standing setae abundant all over dorsum; dense golden pubescence on dorsum of mesosoma and on gaster tergites characteristic. Vertex elevated. Clypeus basally with small emargination at middle. Flagellum of normal length. Pronotum with reduced sculpture, somewhat shiny. Dorsal outline of pronotum moderately convex, of mesonotum and propodeum almost straight, propodeum gently downcurved. Petiolar node high and narrow in lateral aspect.

Major worker unknown.

This species can be easily recognized by the dense golden pubescence on the dorsal mesosoma and gastral tergites, which makes it very similar to Colobopsis leonardi. The single specimen from Myanmar differs by a yellowish base of the scape and shows fewer setae dorsally on the head, but is supposedly conspecific.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar, Thailand.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Myrmamblys) paraleonardi Zettel & Yamane, in Zettel, Balàka, et al. 2018: 169, figs. 64-67 (w.) THAILAND.

Type Material

 * Holotype (minor worker, #218, NHMW) from Thailand, Phang-nga Province, Khao Lak N.P., Thone Chong Fa Falls, N 8°40', E 98°18', 100–300 m a.s.l., leg. A. Schulz & K. Vock, #T11.
 * Paratypes (NHMW): 1 minor worker (#214), same locality data as holotype; 1 minor worker (#6) from Myanmar, Mandalay Division, Mt. Popa, Popa village environment, N 20°54.175', E 95°14.049', 28.X.1998, leg. H. Schillhammer.