Camponotus reticulatus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Sri Lanka.

Nomenclature

 *  reticulatus. Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863a: 139 (w.) SRI LANKA. Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258; in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90; Emery, 1925b: 139. Junior synonym of indeflexus: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576. Revived from synonymy: Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 179. Current subspecies: nominal plus fullawayi, gestiens, imparilis, jagori, latitans, sericellus, yerburyi.

Description
Worker. 3.5 mm. long, dark reddish brown, without gloss,antennae, mandibles, part of the border of the head and limbs brownish yellow. Erect hairs are long but not plentiful and absent on tibias. Entire head which is somewhat wider than the thorax, densely covered with thimble like punctations. Clypeus blunt in front, hardly keeled. Frontal area indistinct,funicles of the antennae at the end brownish. Mandibles with 5 teeth, in front black with sparse strong punctations. Thorax arc shaped with dense thimble like punctations, dull. Pronotum is most wide, with rounded sides, with elongated punctations on the sides. Mesonotum narrowing from the front to the rear. Metanotum strongly suppressed, in the rear part abruptly turned down. Node convex at the front and rear with rounded summit. Margins of the gaster yellowish, finely and densely punctate. Ceylon, one specimen.

Additional References

 * Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 120, catalogue)
 * Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 18, replacement name; spenceri Clark)
 * Kirby, W. F. 1896. Supplement to the Zoological Report. Hymenoptera. Pp. 203-209 in: Spencer, B. (ed.)  Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia. Part 1.  London: Dulau and Co., xviii + 220 pp. (page 204, soldier, worker described)