Camponotus walkeri

Camponotus walkeri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus claripes)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus walkeri Forel, 1893 Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

• churchetti. Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008: 116, figs. (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype minor worker, 1 paratype minor worker.
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: South Australia, Taylorville Stn Middle Dam, 1.5 km. SW, 33°54’37’’S, 140°12’20’’E, 6-11.x.2001, pitfall TV04 (Royal Geographical Society, Bookmark Survey); paratype with same data.
  • Type-depositories: SAMA (holotype); NHMW (paratypes).
  • Status as species: McArthur, 2010: 102; McArthur, 2014: 62.
  • Junior synonym of walkeri: Heterick, 2021: 6.

References

• Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 454, soldier described)
• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 72, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 269, Combination in C. (Myrmophyma))
• Heterick, B. E. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 1.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).