Camponotus alii concolor

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Camponotus alii concolor
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus alii dallatorrei)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus alii concolor
Dalla Torre, 1893

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus alii dallatorrei.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • concolor. Camponotus alii var. concolor Dalla Torre, 1893: 221 (s.w.) ALGERIA. [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. alii var. concolor Forel, 1890a: lxiii; unavailable name.] Emery, 1891b: 19 (q.). Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 91. Subspecies of alii: Cagniant, 1964: 90. Unresolved junior primary homonym of concolor Forel, above: Bolton, 1995b: 93. Replacement name: dallatorrei Özdikmen, 2010a: 520.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
  • Cagniant, H. 1964 [1962]. Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 53: 83-118 (page 90, variety of alii)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 221, soldier, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. (page 19, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 91, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page lxiii, First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. alii var. concolor)