Endemic to the island of Madagascar ( Antsiranana province; Forêt de Binara, Mont Galoko; in forests up to 1100 m; found in dead wood) [1] .
The length of the workers is from 5 to about 1 cm ( soldiers ). It differs from closely related species by a propodeum compressed in profile, a wide mesonotum, and a petiol nodule form convex on both sides, as well as morphometric proportions. Head length (CL) 0.96-1.72 mm, chest length (ML) 1.34–2.78. The main body color is black, the antennae and paws are yellowish brown. The upper lateral edges of the propodeum are bordered or with a sharp keel, the propodeal surface is concave, the anterolateral corners of the pronotum are bordered, the anterior coxae are larger than the width of the mesopleuron of the chest, the propodeal dorsum sharply goes down to the junction with the petiol. 6-prong triangular mandibles , increasing in size to the apex. Antennae 12-segmented and attached at some distance from the posterior edge of the clypeus. The maxillary palps consist of 6 segments, and the labial palps consist of 4. A pro-mesonal seam is developed. Propodeal lobes and metapleural glands are absent. On the middle and hind tibia one spur. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment ( petiolus ), bearing a vertical scale. The sting is missing. The species was first described in 2016 by the Malagasy worldmecologist Jean- Claude Rakotonirina, Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Antananarivo , Madagascar ) and American entomologists Sandor Csősz and Brian of San Francisco; Francisco , USA ). It is included in the species group Camponotus edmondi [1] .