Camponotus dufouri Forel, 1891 valid
Camponotus dufouri Forel, 1891c: 16, pl. 1, fig. 2a-d (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 77). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: 30 miles NW Tamatave (O’Swald). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101644 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101669. (Source: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 77.) Type notes: 1) Other original syntype localities: Madagascar: Tamatavé (Perrot), Madagascar: Forêt d’Alahakato (Perrot). 2) Type locality earlier restricted to Tamatavé (Perrot), by Wheeler, 1922: 1043. 3) Original description mentions Hamburg Museum as depository, these specimens were probably destroyed in World War II.
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