Forelophilus overbecki

Forelophilus overbecki
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus javaensis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus javaensis.

Nomenclature

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

• overbecki. Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931b: 193, figs. (w.q.) INDONESIA (Java).
  • Type-material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007: 26), 1 paralectotype minor worker, 1 paralectotype queen.
  • [Note: Kutter, 1931b: 194, cites 3w, 1q syntypes NHML, SMTD.]
  • Type-locality: lectotype Indonesia: M. Java, Sarangan, Lawoegeb., 1500-2000 m., 1927/5, 8/24 (H. Overbeck); paralectotypes: minor worker with same data but 8/25, queen with same data but 8/05.
  • Type-depositories: SMTD (lectotype); NHML, SMTD (paralectotypes).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus dolichoderoides subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916a: 162.]
  • Status as species: Kutter, 1932: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007: 26; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 39.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus javaensis Ward, et al. 2016: 349.

References

• Kutter, H. 1931b. Verzeichnis der entomologischen Arbeiten von Prof. Dr. August Forel. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 15: 180-193 (page 193, figs. worker, queen described)
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).