Camponotus trapeziceps

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

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Camponotus trapeziceps Forel, 1908 valid

Camponotus trapeziceps Forel, 1908: 405 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering), Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga (H. von Ihering). Primary type depositories: MHNG. MZSP. Primary type specimens: CASENT0910647 MP 6744a, CASENT0910648, MZSP0090366, MZSP0090367, MZSP0090368, MZSP0090369, MZSP0090370, MZSP0090371, MZSP0090372, MZSP0090373, MZSP0090374, MZSP0090375, MZSP0090376, MZSP0090377, MZSP0090378. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 13 syntype minor workers, 1 syntype queen in MZSP. They also cite 4 syntype males (MZSP0089921, MZSP0089922, MZSP0089923, MZSP0090365), a caste not cited in the original description.

[Misspelled as trapeciceps by Luederwaldt, 1918: 52; Borgmeier, 1927c: 153.]
Forel, 1911e: 310 (m.)
Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
Combination in Camponotus (Neomyrmamblys): Santschi, 1921f: 311.
Combination in Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925d: 156.
Status as species: Forel, 1911e: 310; Luederwaldt, 1918: 52; Emery, 1925d: 156; Borgmeier, 1927c: 153; Kempf, 1972b: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Wild, 2007b: 29.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

C. t. prosaicus Santschi, 1922

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911:285-312. PDF
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 22:257-276. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 61:310-312. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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