Formica atriceps
Smith, 1858
an obsolete combination of Camponotus atriceps (Smith, 1858)
Formica atriceps
Smith, 1858a:
44 (s.w.)
BRAZIL (Pará).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Pará, Belém (no collector’s name) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 59). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
1) Hashmi, 1973b: 85, cites a BMNH specimen as holotype, but from Smith’s original description it is obvious that several specimens were involved. 2) Other original syntype localities: Brazil: Pará, Santarem (no collector’s name), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (no collector’s name).
Citations
- Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 16:1-140.
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF