Camponotus quadrimaculatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros. Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Mayotte.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus quadrimaculatus Forel, 1886c: cii (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * [Camponotus quadrimaculatus Forel, 1879a: 115. Nomen nudum.]
 * [Misspelled as 4 maculatus by Forel, 1907g: 91.]
 * Forel, 1891b: 59 (q.m.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Forel, 1912i: 92;
 * combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1891b: 58 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 249; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Forel, 1907g: 91; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 119.
 * kelleri. Camponotus kelleri Forel, 1886f: 186 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Forel, 1912i: 92;
 * combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1891b: 62 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 237; Emery, 1895f: 337; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 226; Forel, 1907e: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
 * Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 141.
 * invalidus. Camponotus kelleri var. invalidus Forel, 1897c: 200 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Subspecies of kelleri: Emery, 1898a: 226; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
 * Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 141.
 * sellaris. Camponotus quadrimaculatus subsp. sellaris Emery, 1895f: 344, fig. 3 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Subspecies of quadrimaculatus: Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1047; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 123.
 * Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 140.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1895. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 336-345.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Forel A. 1886. Diagnoses provisoires de quelques espèces nouvelles de fourmis de Madagascar, récoltées par M. Grandidier. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: ci-cvii.
 * Forel A. 1887. Fourmis récoltées à Madagascar par le Dr. Conrad Keller. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 7: 381-389.
 * Forel A. 1897. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn Perrot auf Ste. Marie (Madagaskar) gesammelten Ameisen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 185-208.
 * Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055