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Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904 valid

Camponotus maculatus r. xerxes Forel, 1904g: 424 (w.q.m.) IRAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype major and minor workers, 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males. Primary type localities: Iran (“Persia”): S Meschched, Torok – Bjardzu, 28.iii.1898 (Zarudny), Iran: Neibandun, Runi Valley, 16.v.1896 (Zarudny), Iran: Khorasan, Lake Namaksir, Mudzuabad, 17.iv.1898 (Zarudny), Iran: St Tedzen, 25.viii.1896 (Ahnger). Primary type depositories: MHNG, ZISP. Type notes: This taxon apparently has exactly the same type material as Camponotus cognatocompressus.

Karavaiev, 1911a: 9 (s.); Forel, 1913d: 434 (m.).
Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 99.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1905g: 40; Forel, 1906c: 189; Forel, 1907h: 19; Emery, 1908a: 194; Santschi, 1908: 518; Karavaiev, 1911a: 9; Karavaiev, 1911b: 11; Forel, 1913d: 434; Wheeler & Mann, 1916: 174; Donisthorpe, 1918c: 167; Crawley, 1920b: 178; Emery, 1920d: 6; Emery, 1925d: 99; Karavaiev, 1926e: 189; Menozzi, 1927e: 117; Finzi, 1936: 189.
Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Ruzsky, 1923: 2.
Subspecies of Camponotus compressus: Finzi, 1930c: 24.
Subspecies of Camponotus thoracicus: Weber, 1952c: 26.
Status as species: Pisarski, 1967a: 414; Pisarski, 1970a: 322; Pisarski, 1971b: 728; Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Collingwood, 1985: 283; Dlussky et al., 1990: 133; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 374; Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 811; Paknia et al., 2008: 153; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 39; Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 93; Collingwood et al., 2011: 451; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8; Sharaf et al., 2013: 570; Karaman & Aktaç, 2013: 53 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 45; Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2019: 168; Sharaf et al., 2020: 539.
Senior synonym of Camponotus compressus irakensis: Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 811.

Junior synonyms

Camponotus compressus irakensis Menozzi, 1927

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus maculatus xerxes

Citations

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