Camponotus Mayr, 1861 valid masculine
Camponotus Mayr, 1861: 35 Type-species: Formica ligniperda (obsolete combination of Camponotus ligniperda), by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903: 347.
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Genus Camponotus references

Mayr, 1861: 35 (Europe species key); Roger, 1863b: 1, 9 (Camponotus, Colobopsis catalogues); Mayr, 1863a: 397, 403 (Camponotus, Colobopsis catalogues); Mayr, 1865: 6, 7 (Camponotus, Colobopsis diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a: 67 (Colobopsis diagnois); Mayr, 1868c: 27 (*Baltic Amber species key); Mayr, 1870a: 373 (Colombia + Panama (= New Granadat) species key); Mayr, 1870b: 941 (Colobopsis species key); Forel, 1874: 38 (Switzerland species key); Mayr, 1876: 58 (Australia species key); Mayr, 1878: 869 (all Dendromyrmex species key (as part of Camponotus)); Forel, 1878c: 367, 368 (Camponotus, Colobopsis diagnoses); André, 1882b: 138 (Europe & Algeria species key); André, 1882c: 159 (Europe & Algeria Colobopsis species key); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. Camponotus, Colobopsis catalogue); Provancher, 1887: 228 (Canada species key); Nasonov, 1889: 57 (Russia species key); Forel, 1891c: 71, 216 (Madagascar species key); Forel, 1892k: 223 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 219 (Rhinomyrmex, Mayria, Camponotus catalogues); Emery, 1893k: 667 (North America species key); Forel, 1893c: 435 (India & Sri Lanka Camponotus (Colobopsis) species key); Emery, 1895l: 772 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1896j: 370, 378 (species groups, catalogue); Emery, 1898a: 225 (additions to 1896a catalogue); Emery, 1903 (South America species key); Bingham, 1903: 343, 348 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma Colobopsis, Camponotus species keys); Ruzsky, 1905b: 185 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1908a: 183 (Palaearctic Camponotus herculeanus & Camponotus maculatus groups species key); Bondroit, 1910: 486 (Belgium species key); Wheeler, 1910g: 297 (North America species key); Forel, 1914a: 259, 266 (subgenera diagnoses, species listed by subgenus); Stitz, 1914: 94 (Central Europe species key); Santschi, 1915c: 266 (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) species key); Emery, 1916a: 227 (Italy species key); Wheeler, 1916r: 600 (U.S.A., Connecticut species key); Mann, 1916: 489 (Dendromyrmex, all species key); Bondroit, 1918 (France & Belgium species key); Emery, 1920b: 235 (subgenera, diagoses); Emery, 1920d: 8 (Old World Camponotus maculatus group, checklist & key); Wheeler, 1921a: 16 (subgenera, notes); Santschi, 1921f: 310 (subgenera, notes); Mann, 1921: 489, 499 (Fiji Is Camponotus (Myrmogonia) & Camponotus (Colobopsis) species keys); Wheeler, 1922: 704 (subgenera synopsis); Wheeler, 1922: 232, 948, 1039 (diagnosis, Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Arnold, 1922: 610, 612, 619, 662, 673 (diagnosis, South Africa subgenera synopsis, South Africa Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex), Camponotus (Myrmophyma), Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) species keys); Arnold, 1924: 683, 700, 709, 724, 735 (South Africa Camponotus (Myrmosericus), Camponotus (Myrmamblys), Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex), Camponotus (Myrmotrema), Camponotus (Myrmepomis) species keys); Emery, 1925e: 62 (Palaearctic Camponotus lateralis group, key); Emery, 1925d: 59 (diagnosis, subgenera key, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 69 (Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 70 (Camponotus (Myrmoxygenys) & Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) diagnoses, catalogues); Emery, 1925d: 71 (Camponotus (Camponotus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 75 (Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 104 (Camponotus (Myrmosericus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 107 (Camponotus (Myrmothrix) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 109 (Camponotus (Myrmophyma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 112 (Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 114 (Camponotus (Myrmopytia) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 115 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 116 (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 121 (Camponotus (Mayria) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 123 (Camponotus (Myrmonesites) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 124 (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 126 (Camponotus (Myrmepinotus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 127 (Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 130 (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 133 (Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 134 (Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 135 (Camponotus (Myrmoplatys) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 136 (Camponotus (Myrmamblys) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 142 (Camponotus (Rhinomyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 143 (Camponotus (Myrmogonia) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 144 (Camponotus (Colobopsis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 151 (Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 152 (Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 157 (Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 159 (Camponotus (Manniella) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 160 (Camponotus (Hypercolobopsis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 161 (Camponotus (Myrmostenus) & Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) diagnoses, catalogues); Emery, 1925d: 166 (Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 167 (Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 168 (Camponotus (Myrmodirhachis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 169 (Camponotus (Myrmomalis) & Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) diagnoses, catalogues); Emery, 1925d: 170 (Camponotus (Myrmepomis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 172 (Dendromyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Santschi, 1926a: 16, 21 (Camponotus (Myrmopelta) diagnosis, species key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 275 (Ukraine species key); Arnol'di, 1933a: 601 (Russia species key); Menozzi, 1933b: 81 (Israel species key); Menozzi, 1935c: 330 (Chile species key); Karavaiev, 1936: 175 (Ukraine species key); Finzi, 1936: 190 (Egypt species key); Menozzi, 1939a: 316 (Himalaya & Tibet species key); Stitz, 1939: 236 (Germany species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b: 109 (Central Europe species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941: 109 (Central Europe species key); Cole, 1942: 387 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Donisthorpe, 1942h: 248 (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) notes); Holgersen, 1943c: 174 (Norway species key); Holgersen, 1944a: 199 (Norway species key); Buren, 1944a: 293 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Creighton, 1950a: 362 (North America species keys); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 220 (Asia checklist); Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 29 (Camponotus herculeanus complex); Kusnezov, 1952f: 192 (Argentina species key); Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 45 (Camponotus herculeanus complex); Pisarski, 1961: 175 (Poland species key); Gregg, 1963: 655 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 163 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Arnol'di, 1967: 1817 (former U.S.S.R. Camponotus (Camponotus) species key); Bernard, 1967a: 330 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kempf, 1972b: 42, 95 (Neotropical catalogue); Hashmi, 1973b: 1 (Camponotus (Myrmothrix) all species revision, key); Alayo, 1974: 27 (Cuba species key); Snelling & Hunt, 1975: 117 (Chile species key); Tarbinsky, 1976: 144 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Van Boven, 1977: 130 (Belgium species key); Kutter, 1977c: 191 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 551 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978: 90 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Collingwood, 1979: 87 (Fennoscandia & Denmark species key); Smith, 1979: 1424 (North America catalogue); Allred, 1982: 445 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 264 (Germany species key); Collingwood, 1985: 275 (Saudi Arabia species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109 (Australia catalogue); Dumpert, 1986: 571 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 60 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 282 (Balkans species key); Taylor, 1987a: 10, 16 (Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand checklists); Snelling, 1988: 57 (Nearctic Camponotus (Myrmentoma) species key); Wang et al., 1989a: 222 (China species key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 125 (Turkmenistan species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 164 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Brandão, 1991: 332 (Neotropical catalogue); Morisita et al., 1991: 38 (Japan species key); Terayama, 1991b: 165 (Japan Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) species); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 207 (Bulgaria species key); Wang & Wu, 1994: 28 (China species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 116 (South Siberia species key); Arakelian, 1994: 82 (Armenia species key); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 83, 169 (catalogue); Douwes, 1995: 92 (Sweden species key); Dumpert et al., 1995: 104 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species key); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 352 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 168 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 370 (Saudi Arabia species key); Seifert, 1996b: 170 (Central Europe species key); Radchenko, 1996e: 1195 (Asiatic Palaearctic species key); Cagniant, 1996b: 87 (Morocco species key); McArthur & Adams, 1996: 18 (Australia Camponotus nigriceps group, key); MacKay, 1997a: 194 (Camponotus (Myrmostenus) species key); Mackay & MacKay, 1997b: 319 and Snelling, 2000: 607 (Camponotus montivagus complex, keys); Robertson & Zachariades, 1997: 2 (Camponotus fulvopilosus group, key); Snelling & Torres, 1998: 9 (Puerto Rico & Virgin Is species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (Portugal species key); Terayama, 1999b: 27 (Japan species key); Shattuck, 1999: 91 (Australia synopsis); Zhou, 2001a: 200 (China, Guangxi species key); McArthur & Shattuck, 2001: 27 (Australia Camponotus macrocephalus group, key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 153 (Poland species key); Fernández, 2002a: 58 (Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) diagnosis, all species revision, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 248 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Shattuck & McArthur, 2002: 65 (Australia Camponotus wiederkehri group key); Bolton, 2003: 112 (synopsis); Shattuck, 2005: 3 (Camponotus aureopilus group key); Radchenko, 2005b: 188 (North Korea species key); Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 75 (North American "Carpenter Ants" key); Snelling, 2006: 96 (U.S.A. Camponotus festinatus complex, key); Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 29 (India species, key); Dumpert et al., 2006: 77 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species, keys); Seifert, 2007: 152 (North and Central Europe species key); McArthur, 2007b: 290 (Australia species key); Shattuck & Janda, 2009: 252 (Camponotus aureopilus group key); Mackay & Delsinne, 2009: 496 (New World Camponotus maculatus complex, key); Terayama, 2009: 216 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009: 60 (south-western Australia species key); Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009: 59 (Israel species key); McArthur, 2010: 18 (south Australia species key); McArthur, 2012: 9 (Camponotus (Colobopsis) species review); Czechowski et al., 2012: 380 (Poland species key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 44 (Fiji species key); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 7 (Shivalik hills of Indian Himalaya species key); Clouse et al., 2016: 139 (Micronesia species); Rakotonirina et al., 2017: 203 (key to Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups); Rasoamanana et al., 2017: 119 (Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmopytia) species key); Cantone, 2017: 151 (brief male diagnosis); Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 14 Camponotus (Mayria) species key); Zettel et al., 2018: 129 (Camponotus (Myrmamblys) species key SE Asia); Salata et al., 2019: 89 (key to kiesenwetteri group); Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 732 (Colombia); Mackay & MacKay, 2019: 744 (Colombia species key); Salata et al., 2020: 547 (key to samius group); Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 52 (male-based genus diagnosis, key); Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022: 137 (Camponotus (Mayria) revision), 146 (Camponotus (Mayria) diagnosis), 148 (synoptic list of Camponotus (Mayria) species, including species groups), 150 (Camponotus (Mayria) species group definitions), 162 (key to Camponotus (Mayria) species (minor workers)); Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 1 (Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) revision); 14 (Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) worker diagnosis), 19 (synoptic list of Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga)), 21 (key to Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) minor workers).

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Extant: 1,088 valid species, 415 valid subspecies

Fossil: 31 valid species

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