Camponotus foersteri
Forel, 1886
valid
Camponotus christi foersteri
Forel, 1886h:
185 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27: Lectotype minor worker, Centre de Madagascar (Hildebrandt), AntWeb CASENT0101543 (MHNG).
Secondary type information:
Paralectotype: 1 major worker, Forêt d’Analamainty, Antananarivo (Camboué), Antweb CASENT0101545 (MHNG)
- Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
- [Also described as new by Forel, 1891c: 64.]
- Forel, 1891c: 64 (s.)
- Combination in Camponotus (Mayria): Emery, 1925d: 122; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27
- Subspecies of Camponotus christi: Forel, 1891c: 64 (redescription); Emery, 1893m: 224 (footnote); Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Wheeler, 1922: 1045; Emery, 1925d: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Camponotus christi ambustus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus cambouei: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus christi ferrugineus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
- Senior synonym of Camponotus pictipes: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
Junior synonyms
- Camponotus cambouei Forel, 1891
- Camponotus christi ambustus Forel, 1892
- Camponotus christi ferrugineus Emery, 1899
- Camponotus pictipes Forel, 1891
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
- Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
- Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4438:1-58. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.1 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.