Camponotus scotti

Often found foraging on tree trunks during the day, nest in ground. (McArthur 2003)

Identification
McArthur (2003) - Slightly similar to Camponotus hartogi and Camponotus innexus. Distinguished by short white semicircular setae on propodeum dorsum in side view, underside of the head scapes and tibiae lacking erect setae, sparse erect setae on head, mesosoma, node and gaster, front of head finely and shallowly punctate otherwise finely reticulate, frontal carinae wide, propodeum dorsum straight, limbs and scape red brown otherwise colour variable from red to black often in patches, node parallel fore and aft, summit blunt; polymorphic.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Not uncommon in the Darling Range, but described from Jupiter Creek near Adelaide.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus scotti McArthur, 2003: 11, figs. 10, 17 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 333; Heterick, 2009: 67; McArthur, 2010: 86; McArthur, 2014: 160.

Worker
Major worker. Metanotum a shallow transverse notch in largest major workers but fading in smaller workers, head wider at the back, vertex straight, anterior clypeal margin weakly projecting with two lobes on either side of a shallow concavity, frontal carinae wide, clypeus coarsely punctate.

Minor worker. Head sides near parallel, vertex convex, anterior clypeal margin projecting evenly convex.

Etymology
Named after Scott Ck. CP where the ant was first recognised.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * McArthur A.J. 2003. New species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 127(1): 5-14.