Protonym: Camponotus herculeanus var. whymperi
Authorship Forel, 1902k: 699
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality CANADA (Alberta)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: workers Canada: Alberta, Ice River Valley, 4800-5000 ft (E. Whymper), queen Alberta, Banff, 4500 ft (E. Whymper). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes Wheeler, 1910g: 331, refers to Alberta specimens from Field, Vermilion Pass, and Lake Louise as “cotypes”, but these localities are not mentioned in the original description.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus herculeanus whymperi Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus whymperi Forel, 1902
Original combination
Camponotus whymperi Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)