Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013

From Karaman et Aktaç, (2013)[1]

Female major .Head 1.06 times longer than wide, lateral sides of head narrowed in front of the eyes; occiput slightly convex behind eyes; scape 0.78 times head length, base of scape weakly extended or without basal lobe; anterior and posterior margins of clypeus with a concave impression medially; mandibles with 5 teeth; eyes situated on posterior half of the head; mesosoma with deep metanotal groove; dorsum of propodeum almost straight; anterior face of petiole convex, posterior face nearly convex, dorsum of petiole straight medially and thick; anterior half of head dense and roughly reticulate, posterior half superficially sculpturing, shiny; clypeus roughly reticulate and punctate, subopaque to dull; mandibles shiny to subopaque; in profile whole mesosoma roughly reticulate; gaster weakly reticulates, shiny; head with short, appressed, scattered pilosity than C. hirtus; genae, lateral sides of head, occiput, vertex with short, erect hairs; occipital corners with 1–2 erect hairs or bare; ventral surface of head with long, abundant, erect hairs; scape with dense, appressed pilosity and 5–7 erect hairs; whole mesosoma with abundant, erect hairs, propodeum additionally with short, subdecumbent pilosity; tibiae with short, appressed, scattered pilosity; dorsolateral sides of petiole with 8–10 long, erect hairs; gaster with short, appressed pilosity and distance between the pilosity shorter than their length; head reddish brown to brownish black; scape and first 3 to 5 funicular segments red, rest of funiculus brown; mesosoma reddish to reddish-brown; legs red; petiole dark red to reddish brown; gaster black.

Female minor. Head 1.15 times longer than wide, lateral sides of head narrowed in front of eyes; occiput convex behind eyes; scape 1.08 times longer than head length, base of scape extended more than that of major workers; anterior margin of clypeus nearly straight, posterior margin concave; mandibles with 5 teeth; eyes small, situated on posterior half of head; mesosoma with deep metanotal groove, dorsum of propodeum straight or weakly convex; head and clypeus reticulate, shiny; lateral sides of propodeum roughly sculpturing, shiny; gaster superficially reticulate, shiny; genae and lateral sides of head with erect hairs; occipital corners bare, with only appressed pilosity, occiput with 2–8 long, erect hairs; ventral surface of head with scattered, erect hairs; scape with appressed pilosity and 1–3 short, erect hairs; pronotum with scattered, appressed pilosity and 4 erect hairs; mesonotum with scattered, appressed pilosity and 10 erect hairs; whole propodeal dorsum with subdecumbent pilosity and erect hairs; dorsolateral sides of petiole with 6 long, erect hairs; gaster with short, appressed pilosity and scattered, erect hairs; head red to reddish brown; first 3–4 funicular segments reddish and rest of funiculus brown; mesosoma and petiole red; legs yellowish brown to red; gaster black.

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