Camponotus (Myrmotrema) aurofasciatus Santschi
  Type location Saő Thomé
(Camponotus (Myrmotrema) aurofasciatus n. sp., Santschi, 1915c:
276, worker; Emery, 1920c: 29, major); major & minor workers known
(see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's (1915c) description was -
WORKER (medio-major) [comparisons with Camponotus
grandidieri]
TL 6.5 mm; head notably longer than wide; narrowed a little in front
(slightly less than in grandidieri). Mandibles very finely
striate with some large sparse puncturation; 5 teeth. Frontal carinae
farther apart and clypeus more carinate. Eyes set in posterior third of
head, smaller and more convex; scattered with numerous tiny hairs.
Scape cylindrical, surpassing the occiput by one-third its length.
Thorax more elongated, less stocky; profile less convex and anterior
pronotum border rounded. Propodeum dorsum straight from front to back;
transversely convex; as wide at the front as at the posterior; as long
as the declivity with transition an obtuse angle. Declivity rectilinear
when seen from above; slightly concave lower down. Scale as in grandidieri.
Colour black; mandibles, front of clypeus and genae, scape, first and
last segments of funiculus, legs red; rest of funiculus and edge of
petiole scale brown red; gastral segments mostly bordered with yellow
orange, up to one-fifth of segment. Matt; densely punctuate on thorax
and head; but gaster finely transversely reticulate. Head, except
clypeus with only faint hair pits. Erect silky hairs or bright yellow
or slightly orange; tips blunt, quite long and abundant (longer and
more appressed on gaster in grandidieri). Golden pubescence
slightly longer ; but sparser on the thorax and a little more abundant
on the gaster where it partially conceals the sculpture.
Holotype worker only from Saő Thomé.
Santschi's (1915c) description is at  . Emery's (1920c)
description of the major is at  .
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