Camponotus essigi - AntCat

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Camponotus essigi Smith, 1923 valid

Camponotus caryae var. essigi Smith, 1923b: 306 (s.w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 7 syntype major and minor workers. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Lagunitas, 23.vi.1913 (no collector’s name; probably E.O. Essig). Primary type depositories: LACM, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Snelling, 2000: 601, mentions a queen as type material, but this caste was not included in the original description.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Creighton, 1950a: 387.
Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 387; Smith, 1951c: 844; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 392; Smith, 1979: 1432; Allred, 1982: 454; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 61; Snelling, 1988: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 98; Snelling, 2000: 601; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 89; Ward, 2005: 63.
Senior synonym of Camponotus nevadensis: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 61; Snelling, 1988: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 98.
Senior synonym of Camponotus pertusus: Snelling, 2000: 601.

Junior synonyms

Camponotus nevadensis Gregg, 1973
Camponotus pertusus Mackay, 1997

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus caryae essigi

Citations

Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Hansen, L. D.; Klotz, J. H. 2005. Carpenter ants of the United States and Canada. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, xiii + 204 pp.
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1923b. Two new varieties of ants (Hymen.: Formicidae). Entomological News 34:306-308. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:599-611. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1978b. Mountain ants of Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 38:379-396. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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