Camponotus honaziensis
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.
References
- , “Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey.”, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society , vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 36-56, 2013.
From Karaman et Aktaç, (2013)[1]
C. honaziensis n. sp. most resembles C. lateralis and can be distinguished from the latter by at least 3–4 short erect hairs on the scape, erect hairs on the lateral sides of the head, 1–2 erect hairs on the occipital corners at least in the major workers, the presence of long erect hairs on the whole propodeal dorsum, and the thicker petiole. In some specimens, the propodeal dorsum may also have short subdecumbent pilosity, which is absent in the holotype worker, and the mesopropodeal groove may be much shallower. C. honaziensis is distinguished from C. candiotes by the expanded lobe at the base of the scape, a thicker petiole, and a flat propodeal dorsum. This new species differs from C. hirtus by the shorter and scarce erect hairs on the ventral surface of the head, the less expanded base of the scape, and the sparse appressed and erect hairs on the scape, the scarce erect hairs on the mesosoma, and the thicker petiole in major workers, and by the shorter and scarce erect hairs on the ventral surface of the head, bare occipital corners, 1–3 erect hairs on the scape, the less expanded base of the scape, the scarce erect hairs on the mesosoma, and the thicker petiole in minor workers. C. honaziensis differs from C. interjectus due to the partly reddish head and thicker petiole in major workers and red head, the short, scarce, erect hairs on the gaster, and the thicker petiole in minor workers.
References
- , “Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey.”, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society , vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 36-56, 2013.