Camponotus chilensis ruficornis

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Camponotus chilensis ruficornis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus spinolae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus chilensis ruficornis
Emery, 1895

Camponotus ruficornis casent0905203 p 1 high.jpg

Camponotus ruficornis casent0905203 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus spinolae.

Nomenclature

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

  • ruficornis. Camponotus chilensis var. ruficornis Emery, 1895d: 214 (s.w.) CHILE.
    • Menozzi, 1935c: 329 (q.m.).
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 79.
    • Subspecies of chilensis: Emery, 1895i: 18; Emery, 1896d 375 (in list); Forel, 1907e: 10.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1903: 69; Emery, 1925b: 79; Menozzi, 1935c: 329; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 100; Kempf, 1970a: 34; Kempf, 1972a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 121 (error).
    • Junior synonym of spinolae: Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 122; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 125.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 78, Replacement name: pergandei)
  • Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 858-896 (page 864, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1895e [1894]. Note sur les fourmis du Chili avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles. Actes Soc. Sci. Chili 4: 213-216 (page 214, soldier, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1903. Intorno ad alcune specie di Camponotus dell'America Meridionale. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 7: 62-81 (page 69, Raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 79, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20 (page 10, Subspecies of chilensis)
  • Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 67: 319-336 (page 329, queen, male described)
  • Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 67: 319-336 (page 329, Raised to species)
  • Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 9: 63-129 (page 117, see also)