Key to Camponotus Karavaievia queens

This key to queens 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.

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• Camponotus
• Karavaievia

1

• Petiolar scale blunt in lateral view . . . . . Camponotus exsectus

• Petiolar scale acute in dorsal view . . . . . 2

2

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• Anterior clypeal margin with only a very small median excision; legs brown with three broad white bands . . . . . Camponotus striatipes

• Anterior clypeal margin with strong semicircular excision . . . . . 3

3

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• Total length about 7 mm . . . . . Camponotus micragyne

• Total length more than 9 mm . . . . . 4

4

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• Frontal area much wider than high and poorly delimited . . . . . Camponotus schoedli

• Frontal area only slightly wider than high or as wide as high . . . . . 5

5

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• Frontal area only slightly wider than high and poorly delimited . . . . . 6

• Frontal area as wide as high . . . . . 8

6

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• Anterior clypeal margin without medial excision . . . . . Camponotus khaosokensis

• Anterior clypeal margin with slight medial excision . . . . . 7

7

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• Uniformly reddish brown, scutellum and metanotum darker . . . . . Camponotus asli

• Head and mesosoma light yellowish brown . . . . . Camponotus weissflogi

8

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• Anterior clypeal margin without medial excision . . . . . 9

• Anterior clypeal margin more or less excised . . . . . 10

9

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• Uniformly blackish brown in color . . . . . Camponotus melanus

• Head, mesosoma and legs yellowish brown in color, gaster darker . . . . . Camponotus aureus

10

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• Anterior clypeal margin with strong medial excision . . . . . 11

• Anterior clypeal margin only slightly medially excised . . . . . 12

11

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• Uniformly black or blackish brown in color . . . . . Camponotus orinus

• Head, mesosoma and legs reddish brown, gaster darker . . . . . Camponotus gombaki

12

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• Petiolar scale distinctly excised when seen from front or behind . . . . . Camponotus maschwitzi

• Petiolar scale not excised . . . . . 13

13

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• Head and mesosoma shiny; mesosoma strongly sculptured, showing stripe-like structures . . . . . Camponotus belumensis

• Head and mesosoma opaque, mesosoma without stripe-like structures . . . . . Camponotus gentingensis