Camponotus dorycus

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  dorycus. Formica dorycus Smith, F. 1860b: 96 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4; in C. (Myrmogigas): Forel, 1912i: 91; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 268; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 90. Current subspecies: nominal plus confusus, recticeps.

Type Material


Formica dorycus

Holotype worker minor in. Labelled “Dor. 26.”

Description
Worker. Length 6 lines (= 12 mm). Black, smooth and shining; head elongate, widest in front, slightly narrowed towards the eyes, and abruptly so behind them, forming a sort of neck; the scape of the antennae fuscous, the flagellum pale rufo-testaceous; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous, their inner margin with three or four short acute teeth, their apex forming a long stout acute tooth. Thorax elongate, narrowest behind and slightly compressed; the legs elongate, slender, ferruginous and slightly pubescent. Abdomen ovate, the apical margins of the segments rufo-piceous; the node of the peduncle wedge-shaped and pointed above. Hab. Dory. This species resembles the worker of F. gigas, which is found in India, Malacca, Singapore, Borneo, etc., but the head is different in form, the color is different, and the form of the scale of the peduncle differs too much, I think, for the insect to be considered as a form of F. gigas; it must however, be one of the largest known species of the Formicidae.