Camponotus aina

Camponotus aina is endemic to Madagascar, its distribution restricted to the dry forest and Tsingy of the RS Ankarana in the north of the island (Fig. 40D). Its nest site is unknown, but workers have been found foraging on lower vegetation.

Identification
With head in full-face view, eye not breaking lateral cephalic margin; mesonotum short and lacking constriction; propodeal dorsum approximately straight, 3 × as long as the declivity; dorsal margin of petiole as long as posterior margin.

Camponotus aina looks similar to Camponotus joany in that it has a straight propodeal dorsum, but in the latter species the propodeal dorsum is 2 × as long as the declivity and the dorsal margin of the petiolar node is shorter than the posterior margin.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus aina Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 40, figs. 3A, 4A, 40 (w.) MADAGASCAR.

Type Material

 * Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR: Province Antsiranana: RS Ankarana, 7 km SSE Matsaborimanga, -12.91667, 49.1, 150 m, tropical dry forest, on low vegetation, 28 Nov 1990 (P.S. Ward) collection code: PSW11019, specimen code: CASENT0217291 (CAS).
 * Paratype. 1 minor worker with same data as holotype but specimen coded as: CASENT0217290 (CAS).