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Camponotus midas
| Camponotus midas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus aurocinctus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Camponotus midas Froggatt, 1896 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus aurocinctus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- midas. Camponotus midas Froggatt, 1896: 390, pl. 27, figs. 6-9 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 111; in C. (Myrmosaulus): Clark, 1930c: 22. Junior synonym of aurocinctus: Shattuck & McArthur, 2002: 67.
Description
Female. Head, thorax, legs and antennae dark reddish-brown, lighter on the sides, abdominal segment black as the base, with narrow transverse band of deep orange-yellow, followed by a broader, bright golden-yellow band, anal tip reddish-chestnut, only a few scattered hairs over clypeus and tip of abdomen; length, seven lines (= 14 mm). Head broad, slightly round behind, tapering round to the mandibles, which are stout and curved, with six small, regular teeth; the two upper ocelli very small, lower one much larger, situated in base of cleft running down the center of head. The antennal foveae deep and elongate, the carina on either side forming a leaf-like projection, round at the tip. Eyes slightly oval towards the summit of the head, clypeus rugose, rather rounded and ridged int he center. Antennae scape not as long as flagellum, twelve-jointed, the first three joints of the flagellum are the longest, with fine spines at apex of scape and the following joints, the apical one clothed with fine ocherous pubescence. Thorax pronotum narrow, slightly transversely ridged towards apex; mesonotum almost flat on summit, with impressed parallel line crossing it through the middle; scutellum small, rather truncate in front and rounded behind; metanotum short. Legs stout, the tarsi thickly with spines, the tibial spur of fore legs large, inner edge of tibiae lightly with spines, the spines at apex of tibiae upon the other legs fine and slender. Wings large, stigma long and slender, with the radial and second and third submarginal cells thickly clouded with fuscus, the rest of fore wing slightly clouded, hind wings much lighter. Node broad, rounded, with slight projection on either side in front and an angulated edge along the apex. Abdomen broad, rounded, slightly rounded towards tip.
Worker major, similar in color and sculpture, about the same length, seven lines (= 14 mm). Head twice as broad as thorax, arcuate behind, swelling out on the sides and longer than broad; two distinct foveolets, the upper one including the lower ocellus and the lower between the antennae, and not one extended cleft as in the female; the apical tooth on the mandibles largest and curved inwards. Pronotum ridged transversely and more swollen out on the sides; meso- and metanotum (= propodeum) more elongated, rest as in previously-described female.
Minor worker, four lines (= 8 mm), very slender in form, head antennae, the femur and tarsi of the mid and hind legs, metathorax and node reddish-brown, the rest of the legs, thorax, and segment (except apical margin), and the base of the others underneath black; the rest of the abdomen brilliant golden yellow, with a few golden hairs at tip. Head elongated, rather broader than the thorax, rounded behind and rather straight on the sides; jaws large, with the two teeth at tip much longer than female; clypeus distinctly ridged in center, mandibles covered with longish hairs; pronotum long, slender, mesonotum rounded on summit, metanotum very small. Node long, rather cylindrical, swollen out towards the apex,but contracted at junction with abdomen, elongate oval.
Locality.-Illamurta, in the James Range. A fine series of this species was obtained by Mr. Cowle subsequently to the return of the Expedition.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 111, catalogue)
- Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 22, combination in C. (Myrmosaulus))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 111, combination in C. (Myrmophyma))
- Froggatt, W. W. 1896. Honey ants. Pp. 385-392 in: Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part II. Zoology. London: Dulau & Co., iv + 431 pp. (page 390, pl. 27, figs. 6-9 soldier, worker, queen described)
- Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus wiederkehri and perjurus species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 126: 63-90 (page 67, Junior synonym of aurocinctus)