Camponotus aureopilus

Identification
Shattuck (2005) - Minor. Enlarged hairs absent from pronotum (but thin erect hairs present); enlarged hairs on gaster limited to a small central cluster.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  aureopilus. Camponotus (Myrmogonia) aureopilus Viehmeyer, 1914c: 531 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Stitz, 1938: 119 (q.). Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110; in C. (Thlipsepinotus): Santschi, 1928e: 483. Senior synonym of velutinus: Shattuck, 2005: 4.
 * velutinus. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) aureopilus var. velutina Stitz, 1938: 120 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of aureopilus: Shattuck, 2005: 4.

Worker
Shattuck (2005) - Minor. (n=2): CI 92–94, HL 1.80–2.21mm, HW 1.65–2.08mm, ML 2.78–3.19mm, MTL 2.06–2.25mm, SI 120–139, SL 2.29–2.50mm.

Minor. Posterolateral margin of head angular, the dorsal surface weakly convex, the lateral surface weakly concave, a ridge running from just below the eye to the posterolateral corner. Petiolar node tapering dorsally into a blunt angle. Individual erect hairs scattered on dorsum of mesosoma, petiole and gaster; enlarged yellow hairs present on central region of the gastral dorsum; pubescence abundant on entire body. Colour black, gaster dark red-black, legs dark red.