Protonym: Camponotus patawa
Authorship MacKay, 2025: 180, fig. 86, map 15, pls. 28, 29
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality FRENCH GUIANA
Etymology Named as a noun in apposition after Camp Patawa, where the new species was first collected (camp name from the South American palm species Oenocarpus bataua, the common name of the plant in the area is “patawa”, Florian Menzel, pers. comm.).
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Sinnamary 2016, from ant garden, Chemotype PAT (Florian Menzel et al. # 309). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus patawa Species Valid Original combination