Camponotus feae

Canary Islands, low to mid altitude species: sea level to 1000m (a southern, very dry slope). All populations from El Hierro belong to the homogeneous black phenotype; some populations from other islands show a remarkable variation in color of head and thorax, from pure black to a splendid red. (Espadaler 2007)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus feae Emery, 1882: 449, fig. (s.w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
 * Replacement name for Formica pubescens Brullé, 1840: 84. [Junior primary homonym of Formica pubescens Fabricius, 1775: 392.]
 * [Note: feae junior synonym of pubescens Brullé (synonymy by Emery, 1893c: 88); hence feae first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 99).]
 * [Misspelled as feai by Emery, 1893c: 87, Hohmann, et al. 1993: 162.]
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1914a: 268.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1895h: 49 (in key); Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list).
 * Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 230; Emery, 1893c: 87; Santschi, 1908: 534; Crawley, 1923a: 31; Emery, 1925b: 106; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 115; Menozzi, 1929a: 5; Wellenius, 1955: 14; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189; Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 162; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 230; Espadaler, 2007: 121.
 * Senior synonym of erythropus Stitz: Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
 * Senior synonym of excelsus: Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
 * erythropus. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) feae var. erythropus Stitz, 1917: 350.
 * [First available use of Camponotus rufoglaucus r. feai var. erythropus Emery, 1893c: 87 (in text) (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Camponotus erythropus Pergande, 1893: 28 (Bolton, 1995b: 98).]
 * [Camponotus feae var. erythropes Forel, 1893d: 466, Forel, 1894a: 162. Nomina nuda.]
 * Crawley, 1923a: 31 (q.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1895h: 49 (in key); Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Crawley, 1923a: 31; Emery, 1925b: 106; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 117; Menozzi, 1929a: 5; Wellenius, 1955: 14; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189.
 * Junior synonym of feae: Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 98.
 * erythropus. Camponotus (Myrmosaga) erythropus Viehmeyer, 1925b: 141 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus erythropus Pergande, 1893: 28.]
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 113; Taylor, 1987a: 12.
 * Replacement name: Camponotus ezotus Bolton, 1995b: 98.
 * escherichi. Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) escherichi Menozzi, 1926c: 71, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. escherichi Emery, 1925b: 97.]
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1936b: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 45.
 * Replacement name: Camponotus fallatus Bolton, 1995b: 98.
 * excelsus. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) feae var. excelsus Stitz, 1917: 350.
 * [First available use of Camponotus rufoglaucus r. feai var. excelsus Emery, 1893c: 88 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Santschi, 1908: 534; Emery, 1925b: 106; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 116; Menozzi, 1929a: 5; Wellenius, 1955: 15; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189.
 * Junior synonym of feae: Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 98.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Crawley W. C. 1923. Myrmecological notes. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 35: 29-32.
 * Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
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 * Emery, C.. "Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Canaries. Formicides." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62 (1893): 81-88.
 * Espadaler, X.. "The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80 (2007): 113-127.
 * Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands) in Snelling. pp. 113-127
 * Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Memoirs of the AMer113-127.
 * Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
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 * Wellenius, O. H.. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.
 * Wheeler, W. M.. "The ants of the Canary Islands." Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62 (1927): 93-120.
 * Wolf, H.. "Zur Kenntnis der Aculeaten Fauna (Hymenoptera) von Gran Canaria und Teneriffa." Vieraea Vol. 9 (1- (1979): 65-78.