Camponotus minus

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Wang and Wu (1994) - Similar to Camponotus confucii, but can be easily distinguished from the latter in the color, shape of alitrunk and petiole.

Distribution
Guangdong Province, China.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus minus Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 26, figs. 2, 7, 11 (w.) CHINA (Guangdong).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 111; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 176; Zhou, 2001b: 202; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29.

Worker
Holotype: TL 4.0, HL 1.03, HW 0.93, HI 90, SL 0.97, SI 104, PW O. 71, PI 76, ED 0 .. 27, WL 1.40.

Head longer than broad. The occipital border round. Sides of head straight. Clypeus weakly crinated. Anterior margin round. Mandibles narrow. Antennae projecting beyond the occipital border by 2/5 of its length. Antennal crinae weak, short and diverging. Pronotum 1.4 times as broad as long, 1.9 times broad as mesonotum. Propodeum as broad as mesonotum, which is distinctly narrower than the pronotum. Pro-mesonotal suture obsolete. Mesonotum strongly sloped backward. In lateral view, meso-propodeal suture very concave. Metanotal spiracles situated at dorsal surface of the alitrunk. Alitrunk raise.d behind the meso-propodeal suture. Base of 1propodeum inclined forward, declivity concave, forming an almost right angle with the base. Petiole thin, scale shape. Apex slightly concave. Gaster oval.

Body shining. Alitrunk delicately wrinkled.

The whole body furnished with abundant yellowish white long hairs. Pubescence abscent. Head, alitrunk, petiole and base, of the first tegument of gaster brownish red. Scape and legs brown. Gaster black.

Type Material
Holotype worker: Dianbai Co., Guangdong Prov., 1986- III- 7, Wang Minsheng leg. Type specimens are kept in the Insect Collection, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chen Y. Q., Q. Li, Y. L. Chen, Z. X. Lu, X. Y. Zhou. 2011. Ant diversity and bio-indicators in land management of lac insect agroecosystem in Southwestern China. Biodivers. Conserv. 20: 3017-3038.
 * Guo X., Q. Lin, J. Cui, D. Gao, S. Xu, and Z. Sheng. 2014. Biodiversity and spatial distribution patterns of ant species in tea gardens of Chongqing. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1011.2014.31052
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Li Q., Y. Chen, S. Wang, Y. Zheng, Y. Zhu, and S. Wang. 2009. Diversity of ants in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Pu'er City, Yunnan. Biodiversity Science 17(3): 233-239.
 * Lu Z., B. D. Hoffmann, and Y. Chen. 2016. Can reforested and plantation habitats effectively conserve SW China’s ant biodiversity? Biodivers. Conserv. DOI 10.1007/s10531-016-1090-1
 * Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
 * Wang C., and J. Wu. 1994. Second revisionary studies on genus Camponotus Mayr of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Beijing Forestry University (English Edition) 3(1): 23-34.
 * Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.