Camponotus fumidus illitus

Wheeler and Mann (1914) found this ant nesting in the soil.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Haiti.

Nomenclature

 *  illitus. Camponotus fumidus var. illitus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 51, fig. 22 (s.w.) HAITI. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80.

Worker
Major

Length 8-9 mm.

Closely resembling C. fumidus var. festinatus Buckley (= Camponotus festinatus)of Texas, except in the following particulars : The antennal scapes are somewhat shorter and are covered with abundant, short, suberect hairs and the hairs covering the upper surface of the head, thorax and gaster are also more abundant. The scapes are red instead of black, and the tibia and tarsi are darker. The head is brownish yellow, the vertex with an elongate, well-defined, dark brown spot, which sends off a dark line to each eye. In some specimens the cheeks, too, an brown or reddish. Worker minor.

Minor

Length 6-7 mm.

Head distinctly shorter than in festinatus and distinctly narrowed in front, whereas in the Texan form the head is as broad in front as behind. Antennal scapes pilose as in the worker major and the hairs on the body somewhat more abundant than in festinatus. Whole body yellow, except the mandibles and edge of clypeus, which are red.

Type Locality Information
Port au Prince, Diquini and Grande Riviere, Haiti.