Key to Camponotus Karavaievia males

This key to males is based on: Dumpert, K., U. Maschwitz and A. Weissflog. 2006. Description of five new weaver ant species of Camponotus subgenus Karavaievia EMERY, 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Malaysia and Thailand, with contribution to their biology, especially to colony foundation. Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:69-82.

There are a number of species in the species-group where males have yet to be collected.

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1

• HW < 0.9 mm . . . . . 2

• HW > 0.9 mm . . . . . 5

2

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• Head wider than long . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis

• Head longer than wide . . . . . 3

3

return to couplet #2

• Pronotum with two dark stripes . . . . . Camponotus striatipes

• Pronotum without dark stripes . . . . . 4

4

return to couplet #3

• Scutellum dark brown . . . . . Camponotus asli

• Scutellum yellowish brown . . . . . Camponotus melanus

5

return to couplet #1

• HW nearly 1.1 mm and more . . . . . Camponotus orinus

• HW between 0.9 and 1.05 mm . . . . . 6

6

return to couplet #5

• Head wider than long . . . . . 7

• Head nearly as wide as long . . . . . 8

7

return to couplet #6

• CI 115, scutellum shiny . . . . . Camponotus micragyne

• CI 108, scutellum opaque . . . . . Camponotus gombaki

8

return to couplet #6

• Front part of head lighter than rest of head . . . . . Camponotus weissflogi

• Front part of head not lighter than rest of head . . . . . 9

9

return to couplet #8

• Uniformly reddish brown in color . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis

• Head and mesosoma blackish brown, gaster yellowish brown . . . . . Camponotus texens