Camponotus mackayensis Forel

McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351 : 302

Camponotus mackayensis Forel

Worker. HW 1.00 - 1.15; HL 1.00 - 1.70; PW 0.80 - 1.05. Redbrown, pronotum lighter than mesonotum; propodeal dorsum a shallow concavity; long erect setae on most surfaces including scape. Major worker. Head sides straight; vertex straight, anterior half coarsely punctate, clypeus oval, widest at truncation, anterior margin narrow; node summit blunt; metanotum a wide shallow groove. Minor worker. Head sides anterior half tapering forward; vertex slightly convex between widely rounded corners; anterior clypeal margin projecting, convex; propodeal dorsum straight, angle well rounded nearly 150°; metanotum a distinct vee; propodeal dorsum anterior inclined upward to a ridge then shallowly concave, then a wide angle; node summit rounded.