Camponotus aeneopilosus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  aeneopilosus. Camponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862: 665 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Mayr, 1865: 34 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 195 (l.). Combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1914a: 268; in C. (Myrmophyma): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 706. Current subspecies: nominal plus flavidopubescens.

Description
Worker 10mm long. Very similar to C. aethiops but with a strong brass-yellow pubescence on the upper side of the gaster; the clypeus is S shaped in the middle of its posterior margin; the mandibles black. Brought back from Sidney (= Sydney) with the Novarae expedition.