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  Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster  (Only 1 segment (the petiole) is reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and gaster)     Acidipore  (Tip of gaster with acidipore, usually projecting as nozzle with fringe of hairs; sting absent)     Number of antennal segments  (12 antennal segments)     Maxillary palp  (Maxillary palp segments 3 and 4 not longer than head)     Setae  (Dorsal surfaces without coarse, paired hairs)     Position of antenna  (Antenna well behind posterior margin of clypeus; frontal lobes extended; alitrunk without step)     Circular head  (Head of major worker is circular in cross section and abruptly truncated)     Angle of head  (A distinct, narrow rim divides the face from each side of the head; the face has small shallow punctures and fine reticulation)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available  information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Formicinae,  Genus - Camponotus,  Species - Camponotus etiolatus Wheeler

Description: Angle where the side of the head meets the truncated anterior face is surmounted by a distinct, narrow rim; the sculpture of the anterior face is with small shallow punctures and fine reticulation

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Camponotus etiolatus head
(major worker)
C. etiolatus body
(major worker)
C. etiolatus body
(minor worker; click image for head)