Camponotus immaculatus
Forel, 1892
valid
Camponotus quadrimaculatus var. immaculatus
Forel, 1892o:
233 (s.w.q.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Andrangoloaka (Sikora). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102430 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype major workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0102429, CASENT0102431. (Source: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111.)
Type notes:
Forel also mentions a syntype queen/s, not listed by Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111, which would also be a paralectotype/s.
- Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111.
- Combination in Camponotus (Mayria): Emery, 1925d: 123
- Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosaga): Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 4.
- Status as species: Olson & Ward, 1996: 164; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111.
Junior synonyms
- Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacatus Emery, 1925
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. 1892. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. PDF
- Olson, D. M.; Ward, P. S. 1996. The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kirindy Forest (tropical dry forest) in western Madagascar. Pp. 161-164 in: Ganzhorn, J. U.; Sorg, J.-P. (eds.) 1996. Ecology and economy of a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Primate Report 46-1. Göttingen: German Primate Center (DPZ), 382 pp. PDF
- Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. ZooKeys 1098:1-180. 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223 PDF