Camponotus oxleyi

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  oxleyi. Camponotus oxleyi Forel, 1902h: 501 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270; in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1920b: 257.

Description
Worker major Length 9 to 12.5 mm. Mandibles short, thick, moderately curved, armed with 6 teeth, glossy, punctate,with a few striations. Clypeus with a feeble keel, without anterior lobe, anterior border tridented; the median indentation is a little less deep than the laterals but followed by a moderate impression in front of the keel. The sides of the clypeus diverge weakly. Frontal area distinct and frontal groove distinct. Frontal ridges sinuous, quite diverging. Head trapezoidal, moderately widened and excavated behind, sides moderately convex. Eyes a little in front of the posterior third. Three fossets in place of occelli. Scapes only slightly exceed the occiput. Thorax moderately convex from front to back, with the dorsum a little subbordered; anterior angles of the pronotum are edged. Pronotum is wider than long. Sutures glossy, strongly impressed. A distinct intermediary segment. Basal face of the metanotum (= propodeum) sub flat, in profile almost straight, 2.5 times longer than wide.