Camponotus intrepidus bellicosus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus intrepidus r. bellicosus Forel, 1902h: 493 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaulus): Emery, 1925b: 114.
 * Subspecies of intrepidus: Forel, 1910b: 82; Forel, 1915b: 105; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 116; Taylor, 1987a: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 88; McArthur, 2007a: 321; McArthur, 2014: 106.

Description
Worker. Length 12 to 15 mm. Entirely dull red with a black gaster. Worker major. Mandibles longer and more curved than the type. The head is much widened behind, especially behind the eyes and strongly excavated (in the type it is not widened behind the eyes and the head is only slightly excavated). Metanotum (= propodeum) less convex and the thorax less elongated. Stature more robust; node less thick. Entirely matte, densely and finely reticulate-punctate, with the gaster subopaque and the limbs more or less glossy; pilosity more dense. The punctation sparse superimposed and very feeble, scarcely visible on the head (very distinct in the type); on the gaster, it is by contrast stronger than the type. Worker minor. Head longer than the type intrepidus and especially less narrow behind with a marked posterior border. In other respects little different. Sydney (Turner); Australia (my collection)