Key to Camponotus Karavaievia workers

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Dumpert Maschwitz Weissflog 2006.pdf|Dumpert, K., U. Maschwitz and A. Weissflog. 2006. Description of five new weaver ant species of Camponotus subgenus Karavaievia EMERY, 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Malaysia and Thailand, with contribution to their biology, especially to colony foundation. Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:69-82.]]

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 * Camponotus
 * Karavaievia

1

 * Head and mesosoma shiny . . . . . 2


 * Head and mesosoma opaque . . . . . 10

2
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 * Body slender; decumbent pubescence lacking. Head distinctly longer than wide (CI 90.4 ± 2.4) . . . . . Camponotus striatipes


 * More robust, decumbent pubescence present . . . . . 3

3
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 * Yellow or lightly yellowish brown in color . . . . . 4


 * Darker in color . . . . . 7

4
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 * Head wider than long (CI 107 ± 1.6) . . . . . 5


 * Head not that much wider than long (CI 104 or below) . . . . . 6

5
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 * Preoccipital margin slightly concave . . . . . Camponotus micragyne


 * Preoccipital margin strongly concave, like upper part of a heart . . . . . Camponotus weissflogi


 * Preoccipital margin straight . . . . . Camponotus aureus

6
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 * Smaller (HL 1.06 ± 0.04; HW 1.08 ± 0.05) . . . . . Camponotus belumensis


 * Larger (HL 1.21 ± 0.07; HW 1.21 ± 0.06) . . . . . Camponotus asli

7
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 * Petiolar scale broadly rounded when seen from front or behind . . . . . Camponotus khaosokensis


 * Petiolar scale pointed when seen from front or behind . . . . . 8

8
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 * Head wider than long (CI 104 ± 2) . . . . . Camponotus melanus


 * Head longer than wide or as long as wide (CI equal or less than 100) . . . . . 9

9
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 * Uniformly dirty yellow, anterior parts of head and gaster lighter; gaster with darker segment borders . . . . . Camponotus exsectus


 * Head, mesosoma, and legs reddish brown, gaster blackish brown with lighter brown segment borders; apical flagellum and front of head yellow . . . . . Camponotus overbecki


 * Head, mesosoma, scapes and legs dark brown; gaster, petiole, apical antennal flagellum and front of head reddish . . . . . Camponotus texens


 * Head, antennae, legs, and mesosoma reddish brown, gaster black . . . . . Camponotus schoedli. . . . . Camponotus maschwitzi

10
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 * Large (HL and HW 1.4 - 1.5 mm on average) . . . . . 11


 * Smaller (HL and HW less than 1.4 mm) . . . . . 12

11
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 * Head, gaster, and legs uniformly brown, mesosoma yellowish, scapes and basal antennal segments dark brown . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis


 * Head and gaster dark brown, mesosoma reddish to dark brown . . . . . Camponotus orinus

12
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 * Legs uniformly dark to blackish brown . . . . . Camponotus nigripes


 * Legs lighter in color . . . . . 13

13
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 * Uniformly dirty yellowish brown; tarsi, apical antennal flagellum and front of head reddish . . . . . Camponotus dolichoderoides


 * Head and mesosoma reddish brown, gaster dark brown . . . . . Camponotus gombaki