Camponotus kelleri

Camponotus kelleri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus quadrimaculatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus kelleri; Forel, 1886 Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

kelleri. Camponotus kelleri Forel, 1886f: 186 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Forel, 1912i: 92;
- combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
- Status as species: Forel, 1891b: 62 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 237; Emery, 1895f: 337; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 226; Forel, 1907e: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
- Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 141.

Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 123, Combination in C. (Mayria))
Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30: 131-215 (page 186, soldier, worker described)
Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmosaga))
Rakotonirina, J.C., Fisher, B.L. 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. ZooKeys 1098: 1–180 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223).
Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)