Camponotus elegans

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  elegans. Camponotus claripes r. elegans Forel, 1902h: 496 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110. Raised to species: McArthur, 2009: 276.

Description
Worker Length 5.5 to 8.2mm. The form is exactly like the type claripes; the declivity face of the metanotum (= propodeum) is more separate from the basal face. The posterior tibias have on their internal edge, towards the base, little pricks which claripes does not have. Gross punctation of the front of the head is more sparse and almost all of the dimples are rounded (in the case of claripes they are elongated) Cheeks have only a few erect hairs. In the case of the minor worker the indentation of the clypeus is very distinct. The whole of the body is black,legs pale yellow and antennae brownish yellow. The mandibles are reddish brown in the major worker; in the case of the minor worker the mandibles and clypeus are a yellowish brown. Wellsend, near Newcastle NSW (Froggatt)