Camponotus piliventris

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * piliventris. Formica piliventris Smith, F. 1858b: 39 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4. Junior synonym of suffusus: Mayr, 1886c: 355. Revived from synonymy: McArthur, 2007a: 320. See also: McArthur, 2010: 88.

Description
Worker. Length 5« lines(= 11 mm). Very variable in color: head obscurely black; thorax, legs and abdomen black, or with the head and the thorax obscurely red; sometimes black with only the legs red. Head large, much wider than the thorax, the mandibles with coarse longitudinal irregular striae; the clypeus subcarinate; the head and thorax very delicately shagreened; the thorax rounded in front, much compressed behind, with the metathorax obliquely truncated. Abdomen obscurely cupreous and clothed with a short pale golden pubescence; the scale narrow, incrassate, narrowed to the upper margin, which is very faintly notched. Hab. South Australia.

Additional References

 * McArthur, A.J. 2007a. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 290-351.
 * McArthur, A.J. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia: 121 pp. South Australian Museum.