Camponotus coloratus Forel ^HNS 1904a. NEW STATUS .

Camponotus melanoticus v. colorata Forel ^HNS 1904a: 49. [holotype w examined, MHNG; Ciénaga, Columbia] .

Camponotus (Myrmoturba) melanoticus var. colorata Forel ^HNS. Bruch 1914: 229.

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. colorata Forel ^HNS. Emery 1925: 83.

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. coloratus Forel ^HNS. Kempf 1972: 72.

Camponotus coloratus ^HNS cannot be considered conspecific with C. substitutus ^HNS. Both ants are locally sympatric in the Paraguayan chaco without signs of hybridization. These species share a similar striking bicoloration (see discussion under C. substitutus ^HNS), but workers of C. coloratus ^HNS, in addition to being on average larger than workers of C. substitutus ^HNS, have disproportionately longer legs, a more opaque microsculpture, and considerably reduced pilosity with the sides of the head of the major bearing fewer than 5 standing setae. Paraguayan material is lighter in color and with a broader head in the major caste than Forel’s type from Colombia, but given the allopatric nature of the variation I see no reason to divide C. coloratus ^HNS further.