Camponotus whitei Wheeler

McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (80), pp. 290-351 : 317

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21285

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scientific name

Camponotus whitei Wheeler
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Camponotus whitei Wheeler   HNS

Worker. HW 1.40 - 2.70; HL 1.50 - 2.70; FCW 0.50 - 1.10; PW 1.15 - 1.75. Predominantly brown; entirely covered with plentiful erect setae including scapes, tibiae and under head; frontal carinae wide. Major worker. Head sides posterior straight, anterior tapering forward; vertex straight; pronotum convex; mesonotum slightly convex; metanotum distinct; propodeal dorsum humped; PD / D about 1; anterior clypeal margin median portion projecting, bounded by two blunt teeth with a deep concavity between; node summit sharp. Minor worker. Head sides straight, tapering to front; vertex straight; pronotum convex; mesonotum straight; metanotum a wide V; propodeal dorsum domed; PD / D about 1; anterior clypeal margin median portion projecting, wide, slightly convex, crenulate; node summit convex, higher than long; integument coarsely punctate.