This history item belongs to Formica semipunctata Kirby, 1837

Its current taxon owner(s) is Camponotus semipunctatus

[Note: Wheeler, 1910g: 330, gives Camponotus whymperi as senior synonym, but Camponotus semipunctatus has priority. Mackay, 2019: 213, gives Camponotus semipunctatus as a possible junior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus (following Creighton, 1950a: 367), but Mackay, 2019: 293, also includes Camponotus semipunctatus as a junior synonym of Camponotus pennsylvanicus.]


[Note: {ref 130050}: 330, gives {prott 159742} as senior synonym, but {prott 159443} has priority. {ref 143434}: 213, gives {prott 159443} as a possible junior synonym of {prott 158498} (following {ref 123910}: 367), but {ref 143434}: 293, also includes {prott 159443} as a junior synonym of {prott 159142}.]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2023-03-29
  • Updated at: 2023-03-29
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Camponotus semipunctatus Species Unidentifiable
Formica semipunctata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus semipunctatus (Kirby, 1837)
Other history items belonging to Formica semipunctata
#248868 Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 43.
#308493 Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 401.
#308494 As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1879a: 56; Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Wheeler, 1910a: 571.
#308495 Subspecies of Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 247.
#248869 Junior synonym of Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Mayr, 1886d: 420; Emery, 1925d: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 117 (error).
#248870 Junior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus: Cresson, 1887: 257; Creighton, 1950a: 367.
#308496 Senior synonym of Camponotus whymperi: Wheeler, 1910g: 330.
#308497 (selected) [Note: Wheeler, 1910g: 330, gives Camponotus whymperi as senior synonym, but Camponotus semipunctatus has priority. Mackay, 2019: 213, gives Camponotus semipunctatus as a possible junior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus (following Creighton, 1950a: 367), but Mackay, 2019: 293, also includes Camponotus semipunctatus as a junior synonym of Camponotus pennsylvanicus.]
#248871 Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Formicinae: Smith, 1958c: 162; Smith, 1979: 1467.
#308498 Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Camponotus: Bolton, 1995b: 123.