Protonym: Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) cameloides
Authorship França et al., 2024: 10, figs. 4a, 12-14
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Minas Gerais)
Etymology The specific epithet cameloides (from the Latin words camelus, meaning "camel", + oides suffix, meaning "resembling, having the form of") is a singular and masculine adjective in the nominative case. It refers to the remarkable mesosomal shape of this species that resembles a camel's back.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais: Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Capão dos Palmitos, -19.369074 -43.616814, vii.2014-iii.2015, C4 A2 54P [arboreal pitfall] (L. Fieto). Primary type depository: DZUP. Primary type specimen: UFV-LABECOL-009812.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories and specimens: CELC: UFV-LABECOL-009224, UFV-LABECOL-009705, UFV-LABECOL-009225, UFV-LABECOL-009235, UFV-LABECOL-009216, UFV-LABECOL-009227, UFV-LABECOL-009232, UFV-LABECOL-009228, UFV-LABECOL-009237, UFV-LABECOL-009229, UFVLABECOL- 009226; DZUP: UFV-LABECOL-009812, UFV-LABECOL-009231; INPA: UFV-LABECOL-009223; MPEG: UFV-LABECOL-010053; MZSP: UFV-LABECOL-009236, UFV-LABECOL-009670; PSWC: ANTWEB1032633.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus cameloides Species Valid Original combination