Camponotus escherichi

Camponotus escherichi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus fallatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus escherichi Menozzi, 1926

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus fallatus.

Nomenclature

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

• escherichi. Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) escherichi Menozzi, 1926c: 71, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, ‘Sitio Suisse’, nr Mogy das Crozes, ca 1 hour N São Paulo City, 1926 (K. Escherich).
  • Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also MNHT).
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. escherichi Emery, 1925b: 97.]
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1936b: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 45.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus fallatus Bolton, 1995b: 98.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, replacement name: fallatus; new name, catalogue)
• Menozzi, C. 1926c. Neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 69: 68-72 (page 71, fig. 2 worker described)