Camponotus castaneus
(Latreille, 1802)
valid
Formica castanea
Latreille, 1802a:
118, pl. 3, figs. 11, 12 (w.q.m.)
U.S.A. (Pennsylvania).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Pennsylvania (Beauvois), U.S.A.: Carolina (Bosc). Primary type depository: MNHN (possibly MRSN).
- Wheeler, 1910g: 321 (s.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 6.
- Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Creighton, 1950a: 375.
- Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266; Mackay, 2019: 182.
- Junior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus: Smith, 1858a: 53; Mayr, 1863a: 399; Forel, 1874: 96 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 447.
- Status as species: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 215; Haliday, 1836: 329; Mayr, 1886d: 420; Forel, 1886h: 141; Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Emery, 1893k: 673; Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Wheeler, 1905j: 402; Wheeler, 1906g: 22; Wheeler, 1910g: 321 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Wheeler, 1913d: 117; Forel, 1914a: 266; Forel, 1914d: 288; Wheeler, 1916r: 600; Wheeler, 1917k: 465; Emery, 1925d: 74; Smith, 1930a: 6; Wheeler, 1932a: 13; Dennis, 1938: 300; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 103; Buren, 1944a: 294; Creighton, 1950a: 375; Smith, 1951c: 839; Smith, 1958c: 143; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Smith, 1979: 1428; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 147; Deyrup et al., 1989: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 164; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 95; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 65; MacGown et al., 2007: 19; Ellison et al., 2012: 119; Deyrup, 2017: 187; Mackay, 2019: 182 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Camponotus clarus: Mayr, 1886d: 420; Forel, 1886h: 141; Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Emery, 1896j: 372; Smith, 1951c: 839; Smith, 1979: 1428; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Mackay, 2019: 182.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus melleus: Mayr, 1886d: 420; Forel, 1886h: 141; Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Emery, 1896j: 372; Wheeler, 1906g: 22; Wheeler, 1910g: 321; Emery, 1925d: 74; Creighton, 1950a: 375; Smith, 1951c: 839; Smith, 1979: 1428; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Mackay, 2019: 182.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
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