Camponotus solon chiton

Taylor et al. (2018) treated this taxon as a full species but provided no justification for this change in status. This proposal has not been followed by subsequent authors.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Senegal.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon var. chiton Emery, 1925b: 100.
 * [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. solon var. chilon Forel, 1901h: 68 (s.w.q.) SENEGAL; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * [Misspelled as chilon by Santschi, 1937b: 103.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1911e: 288; Santschi, 1914d: 379; Emery, 1920c: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959.
 * Subspecies of solon: Santschi, 1937b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 92.

Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018): Forel (1901): Camponotus maculatus F. r. solon Forel v. Chilon n. var., no locality, MARTIENSEN, a queen but not associated with any workers. New status here as Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilon Emery, 1925: 100 (listed as Camponotus solon Forel, var. chilon), type CASENT0910267. Note: chilon was the Forel spelling. Santschi (1937) had it as “solon v. chilon”, which is the spelling on the CASENT0910267 label.