Camponotus dolichoderoides

A Weaver Ant that uses silk in its nest construction.

Identification
A member of the subgenus Karavaievia. This group of Camponotus species is known for their monomorphic workers and their nest weaving behavior.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Biology
General details about the biology of species in this subgenus can be found on the Karavaievia webpage.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus dolichoderoides Forel, 1911a: 51 (w.) BORNEO (no state data, “Hayvep”).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1914a: 273;
 * combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258;
 * combination in C. (Karavaievia): Emery, 1925b: 116.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 112; Emery, 1925b: 116; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229; Dumpert, 1986: 568; Bolton, 1995b: 97; Dumpert, Maschwitz, et al. 1995: 104 (in key); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 14; Dumpert, Maschwitz & Weissflog, 2006: 78 (in key); Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Dumpert K. 1986. Camponotus (Karavaievia) texens sp. n. and C. (K.) gombaki sp. n. from Malaysia in comparison with other Karavaievia species (Formicidae: Formicinae). Psyche (Camb.) 92: 557-573
 * Forel A. 1911. Fourmis de Bornéo, Singapore, Ceylan, etc. récoltées par MM. Haviland, Green, Winkler, Will, Hose, Roepke et Waldo. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 23-62.
 * Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
 * Katayama M., K. Kishimoto-Yamada, H. O. Tanaka, T. Endo, Y. Hashimoto, Sk. Yamane, and T. Itioka. 2015. Negative correlation between ant and spider abundances in the canopy of a Bornean tropical rain forest. Biotropica (in press).
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.