Camponotus pictipes

Camponotus pictipes
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus foersteri)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus pictipes; Forel, 1891 Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

pictipes. Camponotus pictipes Forel, 1891b: 217 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270
- Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Emery, 1920b: 257.
- Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
- Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.

Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 257, Combination in C. (Myrmosaga))
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 123, Combination in C. (Mayria))
Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 217, worker described)
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus))
Rakotonirina, J.C., Fisher, B.L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4438: 1–58 (DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.1).
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)