Camponotus perroti

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Camponotus perroti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus cervicalis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus perroti
Forel, 1897

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • perroti. Camponotus perroti Forel, 1897c: 202 (s.) MADAGASCAR.
    • [Camponotus perroti Wasmann, 1897: 250. Nomen nudum (attributed to Forel).]
    • Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1913j: 224;
    • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 89.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1898a: 225; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1042; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus aeschylus.
    • Junior synonym of cervicalis: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 71.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 89, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen un (page 202, soldier described)
  • Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1913(Su Suppl: 203-225 (page 224, Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
  • 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)