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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_012:251
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Shattuck, S. & Janda, M.
  • Year: 2009
  • Title: A new species of the Camponotus auropileus Viehmeyer, 1914 species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Papua New Guinea
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 12
  • Pages: 251-253
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: The Camponotus aureopilus Viehmeyer, 1914 species group contains nine known species from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Recently a tenth species, Camponotus royi sp.n., has been discovered from west-central Papua New Guinea rainforests. This new species is described and the key to this species group modified to accommodate it.
  • Key words: Taxonomic description, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Camponotus royi, new species, Papua New Guinea.
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500