Camponotus atra
(Buckley, 1866)
incertae sedis in genus, unresolved junior homonym, unidentifiable
Formica atra
Buckley, 1866:
159 (w.)
U.S.A. (District of Columbia).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: vic. Washington, D.C. (S.B. Buckley). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Camponotus atra (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1895d: 337; Wheeler, 1902g: 20.
- Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 193.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Formicinae: Smith, 1979: 1467.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Camponotus: Emery, 1895d: 337; Wheeler, 1902g: 20; Smith, 1951c: 846; Smith, 1958c: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
- [Note: Wheeler, 1917c: 28, and Emery, 1925d: 117, suggest synonymy with Camponotus caryae (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Buckley, S. B. 1866. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:152-172. PDF
- Cresson, E. T. Sr. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Suppl. Vol. 1887:1-351. PDF
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 4:17-31. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917c. The North American ants described by Asa Fitch. Psyche (Cambridge) 24:26-29. PDF