Camponotus variegatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Hawaii, Micronesia (Federated States of). Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: China, Turkey.

Biology
The phylogeography of a group of Pacific Island Camponotus species, which included a number of species groups, was broadly examined by Clouse et al. (2015). They found Camponotus variegatus was most closely related to the North American species Camponotus maculatus tortuganus (now a junior synonym of Camponotus inaequalis). Also, these species are part of a clade that is primarily a large Neotropical lineage.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica variegata Smith, F. 1858b: 19 (w.q.) SRI LANKA, SINGAPORE.
 * [Misspelled as varigatus by Donisthorpe, 1949g: 415.]
 * Imai et al. 1984: 9 (k.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 656;
 * combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913k: 125;
 * combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 95.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery & Forel, 1879: 448; Forel, 1879a: 61; Emery, 1893f: 252; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1901f: 121; Forel, 1909e: 397; Forel, 1911i: 227; Forel, 1913k: 125.
 * Junior synonym of maculatus: Forel, 1886f: 149.
 * Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1878b: 44; Mayr, 1880: 21; André, 1882a: 145; Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote).
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 256; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 676 (anachronism).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 656 (redescription); Mayr, 1863: 401; Roger, 1863b: 2; Motschoulsky, 1863: 11; Smith, F. 1871a: 304; Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 256; Bingham, 1903: 359; Santschi, 1920h: 173; Emery, 1920c: 7, 11 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 95; Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 10; Karavaiev, 1929c: 237; Karavaiev, 1930a: 211; Karavaiev, 1933a: 316; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Collingwood, 1962: 229; Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 116; Tiwari, 1999: 71; Zhou, 2001b: 207; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 98; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 127; Terayama, 2009: 217 (in key); Legakis, 2011: 33; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 53 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.
 * Senior synonym of hawaiensis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Zhou, 2001b: 207.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus ambonensis, bacchus, batta, cleon, comottoi, crassinodis, dulcis, flavotestaceus, fuscithorax, infuscus, intrans, papua, proles, somnificus, stenonotus.
 * hawaiensis. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) variegatus subsp. hawaiensis Emery, 1920c: 7.
 * [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. mitis var. hawaiensis Forel, 1899a: 122 (w.q.m.) HAWAII; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * [Misspelled as hawaiiensis by Wheeler, W.M. 1934h: 17.]
 * Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1909c: 272.
 * Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1925b: 96; Wheeler, W.M. 1934h: 17; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 40.
 * Junior synonym of variegatus: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 103; Zhou, 2001b: 207.

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