Camponotus elegans

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

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Camponotus elegans Forel, 1902 valid

Camponotus claripes r. elegans Forel, 1902j: 496 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, 100 mi. N Sydney, nr Newcastle (W.W. Froggatt). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG. Type notes: McArthur, 2009: 276, cites 1 major worker and 2 minor workers in MHNG.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925d: 110.
Subspecies of Camponotus claripes: Emery, 1914a: 180; Emery, 1925d: 110; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 111; Taylor, 1987a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 97; McArthur, 2007b: 330; McArthur, 2010: 102.
Status as species: McArthur, 2009: 276 (redescription); McArthur, 2014: 84.

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus claripes elegans

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:179-186. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2007b. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:290-351. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2009. New species, new status and new synonymy for Camponotus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12:273-286. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, IV + 121 pp.
McArthur, A. J. 2014. A guide to Camponotus ants of Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 185 pp.
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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