Camponotus imitator
Forel, 1891
valid
Camponotus imitator
Forel, 1891c:
209, pl. 4, fig. 15; pl. 5, fig. 8 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
MADAGASCAR, Province Toliara, Morandava (Grevé); CASENT0101365; MHNG
- Lectotype designation: Rasoamanana et al., 2017: 133.
- Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1912j: 92.
- Combination in Camponotus (Myrmopytia): Emery, 1920b: 257.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 235; Emery, 1896j: 374 (in list); Forel, 1907i: 92; Wheeler, 1922: 1048; Emery, 1925d: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Rasoamanana et al., 2017: 133 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Camponotus imitator resinicola: Rasoamanana et al., 2017: 133
Junior synonyms
- Camponotus imitator resinicola Santschi, 1911
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. 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. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 8:229-260. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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
- Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2:75-92. PDF
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:59-92. PDF
- Rasoamanana, N.; Csősz, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of imitating carpenter ants, Camponotus subgenus Myrmopytia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar, using morphometry and qualitative traits. ZooKeys 681:119-152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.681.13187 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.