This history item belongs to Formica rubripes Drury, 1770

Its current taxon owner(s) is Camponotus rubripes

[Note 1: Drury, 1770, contains no reference to ants, but was nevertheless cited by Forel, 1886h: 143, as the authority for the name Camponotus rubripes Drury, 1770. In reality, Drury, 1773: 72, described, but did not name, an ant species from Sierra Leone, which he considered to be the same as Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767 saying: “Vide Linn. Syst. p. 962, No. 2 Form. Barbara, which I judge to be the same as this”. This misidentified material was later named Camponotus rubripes Latreille, 1802a by Latreille, 1802a: 112.] 

[Note 1: Drury, 1770, contains no reference to ants, but was nevertheless cited by {ref 125017}: 143, as the authority for the name {taxac 513230}. In reality, {ref 124402}: 72, described, but did not name, an ant species from Sierra Leone, which he considered to be the same as {taxac 440014} saying: “Vide Linn. Syst. p. 962, No. 2 <i>Form. Barbara</i>, which I judge to be the same as this”. This misidentified material was later named {taxac 433605} by {ref 126800}: 112.]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2022-11-10
  • Updated at: 2024-06-12
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Camponotus rubripes Species Unavailable
Formica rubripes Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus rubripes (Drury, 1770)
Other history items belonging to Formica rubripes
#306457 (selected) [Note 1: Drury, 1770, contains no reference to ants, but was nevertheless cited by Forel, 1886h: 143, as the authority for the name Camponotus rubripes Drury, 1770. In reality, Drury, 1773: 72, described, but did not name, an ant species from Sierra Leone, which he considered to be the same as Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767 saying: “Vide Linn. Syst. p. 962, No. 2 Form. Barbara, which I judge to be the same as this”. This misidentified material was later named Camponotus rubripes Latreille, 1802a by Latreille, 1802a: 112.]
#312661 [Note 2: Emery, 1891c: 17, recognised the confusion caused by Roger, 1863b and Forel, 1886h, and explained: “Drury n’a jamais donné le nom de rubripes à aucune fourmis; c’est Latreille qui, le premier, appela Formica rubripes un gros Camponotus d’Afrique que Drury avait rapporté à tort au Formica barbara de Linné”.]
#306458 Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
#306459 Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 27; Forel, 1886h: 143; Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote); Emery, 1888c: 365; Forel, 1889: 261; Emery, 1889: 510; Mayr, 1889: 278; Forel, 1890b: lxi; Saunders, 1890: 202 (misinterpretations).