Camponotus (Myrmentoma) staryi Pisarski

Type location Iraq (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) staryi sp. n. Pisarski, 1971b: 730, illustrated, worker and queen) Sari Rash, Kurdistan, 10.vii.1968, P. Stary - no type images on Antweb (August 2015).
  

Pisarski's (1971b) description is at - .

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmentoma) staryi B Taylor det.

Iran Torabi 03

25.vi.2014 29.62294°N 52.49974°E 1595 m

Afif Abad Garden, Shiraz hand collected Garden, under tree 12:10 h major & minor workers

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The photomontage is of a major worker from Iran, Afif Abad Garden, Shiraz; collector Roshanak Torabi (03)

From the dimensions, TL ca 5 mm, HW 1.4, it seems likely this is a major worker, as it is about 25% larger than the size given by Pisarski - TL 4 mm. The overall morphology is similar to the details given by Pisarski but the head is larger and squarer in front view, which one is typical for a Camponotus major. (Pisarski gave the [minor] worker as having the posterior border of the head as concave, rathere than convex as shown in his drawing). The bordering of the propodeum dorsum seems a key separating character from Camponotus lateralis.

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Iran, Afif Abad Garden, Shiraz; collector R Torabi (03)

This appears to wholly match the worker described by Pisarski.