Camponotus darlingtoni
Wheeler, 1934
valid
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) darlingtoni
Wheeler, 1934d:
160 (s.w.q.)
Date of publication: 5.x.1934.
AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of McArthur et al., 1998: 595). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Western Australia, Margaret River, x.-xi.1931 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 84 paralectotype major and minor workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MVMA, WAMP.
Type notes:
McArthur et al., 1998: 595, cite 84 major and minor workers, 1 queen from the type series; other localities mentioned in the original description (Rottnest I. and Perth) were excluded from the type series.
- Lectotype designation: McArthur et al., 1998: 595.
- Junior synonym of Camponotus testaceipes: Brown, 1956c: 39; Taylor, 1987a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
- Status as species: McArthur et al., 1998: 595; McArthur, 2007b: 331; Heterick, 2009: 70; McArthur, 2014: 120; Heterick, 2021: 6.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus christmasensis: Heterick, 2021: 6.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus rottnesti (unnecessary replacement name): Brown, 1956c: 39; McArthur, 2007b: 296.
Junior synonyms
- Camponotus christmasensis McArthur, 2008
- Camponotus rottnesti Donisthorpe, 1941
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1956c. Some synonymies in the ant genus Camponotus. Psyche (Cambridge) 63:38-40. PDF
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
- Heterick, B. E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 86:245 pp. 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 PDF
- McArthur, A. J. 2007b. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:290-351. PDF
- McArthur, A. J. 2014. A guide to Camponotus ants of Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 185 pp.
- McArthur, A. J.; Adams, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 1998 ("1997"). A morphological and molecular review of Camponotus terebrans (Lowne) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45:579-598. PDF
- Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20:137-163. PDF