Camponotus rectangularis aulicus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis var. aulicus Wheeler, W.M. 1933a: 64 (s.w.) GUATEMALA.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 222; Kempf, 1972a: 56.
 * Subspecies of rectangularis: Wheeler, W.M. 1934f: 141; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 87.

Worker
Major and minor. Resembling rubroniger, but the head, thorax and petiole are of a more vivid red, the base of the first gastric segment of the same color and each gastric segment reddish posteriorly, with the extreme border golden yellow. Appendages, especially the tibiae and tarsi, somewhat darker red than the head and thorax; cheeks, clypeus and mandibles more yellowish, the funiculi beyond the first joint blackish as in the other forms of the species. Dorsal surface of gaster with the same short pubescence and pile as in the typical rectangularis and the var. rubroniger.

Type Material
Described from sixteen specimens, taken from a hollow twig at Zacapa, Guatemala, Dec. 13, 1911. Type in author's collection.