Protonym: Camponotus caracalla
Authorship Forel, 1912j: 80
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of MacKay, 2025: 272). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (E.A. Goeldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes 1) Original type data: syntype minor workers (number not stated). Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (E.A. Goeldi). Deposited in MHNG. 2) França et al., 2024: 3, cite a lectotype minor worker (CASENT0910725) in MHNG, designated by W. Mackay 1999. 3) MacKay, 2025: 272, designates a major worker as lectotype, so presumably CASENT0910725 is in fact the paralectotype minor worker he designates.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus caracalla Species Valid Original combination