Camponotus mutilarius Emery 1893

Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. & Yamane, S., 2021, First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zoodiversity 55 (4), pp. 279-284 : 280

Camponotus mutilarius Emery 1893 (fig. 1)

M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: Baglung , Kalika Bhagwati Temple [28.25548N 83.61359E], hand collection, 7.03.2013, 1 ♀ worker ( IP Subedi) (CDZMTU); Darchula , Bet, Sal forest [29.7693N 80.40364 E], 734–819 m, 8.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers (PB Budha & P Shrestha) (CDZMTU); Lamjung, Ngyadi, Bombax ceiba [28.32311 N 84.40139 E], 962 m, 1.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers (PB Budha & B Shrestha) (CDZMTU) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. This species is diagnosed by the red thorax and distinct red blotch on either side of the first gastral segment ( Collingwood, 1962). Our worker specimens from Nepal well agree with the redescription of the species in Wachkoo (2015), and the colour pattern seems constant in Nepalese specimens. This species closely resembles C. wasmanni but can be diagnosed by the presence of reddish mesosoma, petiole and first gastral tergite.

Fig. 1. Camponotus mutilarius .