Camponotus festinus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica festina Smith, F. 1857a: 53 (q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
 * Emery, 1887a: 216 (w.); Emery, 1900d: 701 (s.); Imai, et al. 1984: 68 (k.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
 * combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913k: 128;
 * combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Santschi, 1921f: 312;
 * combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 90.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 23; Mayr, 1863: 415; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1865: 68; Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Mayr, 1872: 134 (redescription); Emery, 1887a: 216; Emery, 1888a: 528; Forel, 1892j: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Emery, 1893e: 196; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 700; Bingham, 1903: 362; Forel, 1912n: 67; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 90; Santschi, 1928h: 132; Karavaiev, 1929c: 233; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443; Teranishi, 1940: 68; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 245; Zhang, J. 1989: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 99; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 67; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 24.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus cetegus, diligens, eximius, inezae, simaluranus.

Formica festina

Two queen syntypes in. Labelled “SAR.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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