Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi

Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi Prins, 1965

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi.

Nomenclature

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

• arnoldi. Camponotus transvaalensis subsp. arnoldi Prins, 1965a: 156, figs. 6-10 (s.w.) ZIMBABWE.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, 4 syntype minor workers, 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, 12.xi.1961 (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: RPPP (perhaps also SAMC).
  • [Note: Prins refers to “types and paratypes”, but does not specify a holotype.]
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus truebi var. arnoldi Forel, 1912a: 75 (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
  • Subspecies of transvaalensis: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi Özdikmen, 2010a: 535.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
• Prins, A. J. 1965a. Notes on African Formicidae (Hymenoptera) - 1. J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 27: 153-159 (page 156, figs. 6-10 soldier, worker described)