Camponotus melinus

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Camponotus melinus Mackay, 1997 valid

Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus Mackay, 1997b: 326, figs. 1, 2, 7 (s.w.) MEXICO (Morelos). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Morelos (nr Cuernavaca), 15 mi. S El Guarda, 19°09’N, 99°11’W, 14.xi.1946 (W.S. Ross). Primary type depository: CASC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 13 paratype major and minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, LACM, MCZC, UNAM, USNM, WEMC.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 24.
Status as species: McArthur, 2012: 164.

Citations

Mackay, W. P. 1997b. [Untitled. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus W. Mackay, new species.]. Pp. 326-327 in: Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30:319-334. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 2018. Revision of the New World cork-headed ants of the genus Colobopsis. Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 279 pp. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 234 pp.

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