Camponotus aureopilus

Identification
Shattuck (2005) - Minor. Enlarged hairs absent from pronotum (but thin erect hairs present); enlarged hairs on gaster limited to a small central cluster.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Myrmogonia) aureopilus Viehmeyer, 1914c: 531 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Stitz, 1938: 119 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110;
 * combination in C. (Thlipsepinotus): Santschi, 1928e: 483.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 110; Stitz, 1938: 119; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 87; Shattuck, 2005: 4 (redescription); Shattuck & Janda, 2009: 252 (in key).
 * Senior synonym of velutinus: Shattuck, 2005: 4.
 * velutinus. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) aureopilus var. velutina Stitz, 1938: 120 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Subspecies of aureopilus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 129.
 * Junior synonym of aureopilus: Shattuck, 2005: 4.

Worker
Shattuck (2005) - Minor. (n=2): CI 92–94, HL 1.80–2.21mm, HW 1.65–2.08mm, ML 2.78–3.19mm, MTL 2.06–2.25mm, SI 120–139, SL 2.29–2.50mm.

Minor. Posterolateral margin of head angular, the dorsal surface weakly convex, the lateral surface weakly concave, a ridge running from just below the eye to the posterolateral corner. Petiolar node tapering dorsally into a blunt angle. Individual erect hairs scattered on dorsum of mesosoma, petiole and gaster; enlarged yellow hairs present on central region of the gastral dorsum; pubescence abundant on entire body. Colour black, gaster dark red-black, legs dark red.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Lucky A., L. E. Alonso, E. Sarnat, and J. Hulr. 2015. Ants and scolytine beetles. In: Richards, S.J. and N. Whitmore (editors) 2015. A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG.
 * Shattuck S. O. 2005. Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland. Zootaxa 930: 1-20.
 * Stitz H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1938: 99-122.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.