Protonym: Camponotus (Formica) nitidus
Authorship Norton, 1868c: 2
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Veracruz)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 2000: 608). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Orizaba (Sumichrast). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes Lectotype designation by Mackay & MacKay, 1997b: 332, is redundant as the specimen they cite derives from Forel, 1895a: 44 (in text), from Guatemala, not from the original type series from Mexico.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus nitidus Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Camponotus rectithorax Forel, 1895
Original combination