Camponotus texanus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Camponotus texanus Wheeler, 1903 valid

Camponotus texanus Wheeler, 1903c: 108, fig. 10 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Mackay, 2019: 346). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Travis County (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 1 paralectotype minor worker, 1 paralectotype queen, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC. Type notes: Wheeler, 1903c: 111, adds that 4 colonies were originally collected: 3 Travis County, 1 Travis County, Bull Creek Cañon; of these the alate queens and males were dated 28.ii.1901, and 25.iii.1902.

Lectotype designation: Mackay, 2019: 346.
Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1920b: 257.
Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266; Creighton, 1950a: 371.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1910g: 344; Wheeler, 1910a: 572; Forel, 1914a: 266; Wheeler, 1917a: 557; Emery, 1925d: 119; Creighton, 1950a: 371; Smith, 1951c: 845; Smith, 1958c: 143; Smith, 1979: 1428; Bolton, 1995b: 126; Mackay, 2019: 338 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 22:257-276. PDF
Mackay, W.P. 2019. New World carpenter ants of the hyperdiverse genus Camponotus. Volume 1: Introduction, Keys to the subgenera and species complexes and the subgenus Camponotus. Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 412 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. 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
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1903c. A decad of Texan Formicidae. Psyche (Cambridge) 10:93-111. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910g. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20:295-354. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF

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