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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus alii dallatorrei.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.
    • [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. alii var. concolor Forel, 1890a: lxiii (in text) (s.w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Algeria: Souk Ahras, 1200-1400 m., 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: vic. Laverdure, ca 1100 m., 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus concolor Forel, 1891b: 214 (Bolton, 1995b: 93).]
    • Emery, 1891b: 19 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 91.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1894d: 5; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1908a: 202; Forel, 1909e: 375; Santschi, 1931a: 11.
    • Subspecies of alii: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 91; Santschi, 1939d: 86 (in key); Cagniant, 1964: 90; Cagniant, 1996b: 98; Cagniant, 1970c: 34 (in text); Bolton, 1995b: 93.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus alii 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)