Camponotus simus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Camponotus simus Emery, 1908 valid

Camponotus simus Emery, 1908c: 188, fig. 2 (s.w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo belge”): Sankuru (E. Luja). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0905448, CASENT0905449.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272; Wheeler, 1922: 990; Emery, 1925d: 141
Combination in Camponotus (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258.
Combination in Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys): Santschi, 1926c: 604.
Status as species: Santschi, 1910c: 393; Wheeler, 1922: 990; Emery, 1925d: 141; Santschi, 1926c: 600, 604; Bolton, 1995b: 124; McArthur, 2012: 122.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

C. s. manidis Forel, 1909

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1908c. Descriptions d'une genre nouveau et de plusieurs formes nouvelles de fourmis du Congo. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 52:184-189. PDF
Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 8:229-260. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 22:257-276. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 234 pp.
Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Camponotus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 33:597-618. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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