Aj. Mcarthur et So. Shattuck, A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus macrocephalus species group (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in Australia, T ROY SOC S, 125, 2001, pp. 25-43
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Multidisciplinary
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Australian ants in the Camponotus macrocephalus species group are reviewed.
The group is defined here for the first time and contains eleven species i
ncluding three new and one raised from subspecific to specific rank. In add
ition, five new synonyms are proposed. The species placed in this group are
: C. anderseni sp. nov., C. annetteae sp. nov., C. conithorax Emery, C. how
ensis Wheeler, C. gasseri (Forel), C. janeti Forel, C. janforrestae sp. nov
., C. mackayensis Forel (previously a subspecies of C. reticalatus), C. mac
rocephalus (Erichson), C. sanguinifrons Viehmeyer and C, vitreus (Smith). T
he new synonyms are: C. gasseri coloratus Wheeler, C. gasseri lysias Forel
and C. gasseri obtrusitrumcatus Forel with C. gasseri, and C.fictor augustu
lus Viehmeyer and C, semicarinatus Ford with C, macrocephalus. The queens a
nd major workers of these species display varying degrees of phragmosis fro
m weak to very strong and the worker caste is dimorphic. Most are arboreal
nesters.