Camponotus breviscapus

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Zhou (2001) - Related to Camponotus anningensis, but differs from the latter in clypeus finely carinated; antenna! scape shorter, SI < 100; conjunction between basal face and declivous face of propodeum angular.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus breviscapus Zhou, 2001b: 202, 244, figs. 424, 425 (w.) CHINA (Guangxi).
 * Status as species: Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27.

Worker
Holotype: TL5.5, HL 1.41, HW 1.38, CI 97, SL 1.19, SI 86, PW 0.88, AL 1.79, ED 0. 37.

Head slightly longer than broad, occipital border straight. Masticatory margin of mandible with 5 teeth. Middle of clypeus with feeble carina, anterior border straight, median lobe short. Antennal scapes extending beyond occipital border. Pronotum flat; anterior margin of mesonotum convex, higher than pronotum, behind flat; promesonotal suture distinct; mesopropodeal suture shallowly impressed; basal face of propodeum longer than declivity, the latter concave, conjunction between them bluntly angular. Petiolar node thin, anterior face convex, posterior face straight. Gaster broadly oval.

Mandibles and clypeus sparsely coarsely punctate; head, alitrunk, petiole and gaster with delicate feeble striations, appeared smooth and shining.

Erect hairs yellowish white, very sparse, only present on anterior part of head and gaster. Pubescence very fine, short, sparse.

Color pitch-black. Mandibles, basal half of antennal scapes and tarsi of legs dark red; each gastral segment with narrow yellow strip at posterior margin.

Paratype: TL 4.9, HL 1.13, HW 1.00, CI 88, SL 1.10, SI 97, PW 0.73, AL 1.54, ED 0. 28.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Mao Er Shan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, 10.VII.1994, Shanyi Zhou leg. Paratype 1 worker, Xingan County, Guangxi, 11.IX.1995, Shanyi Zhou leg.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Huang Jianhua. 2005. Hunan Ants (Hymenoptera) and the classification of flora. Southwest Agricultural University. PhD Thesis 247 pages
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
 * Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.