Camponotus gilviceps

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

Nomenclature

 * ruficeps. Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54 (s.w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
 * [Misspelled as reficeps by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224.]
 * [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
 * Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1862c: 285;
 * combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1886c: 354.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 420; Roger, 1862c: 285.
 * Replacement name: Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3.
 * . Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, 44.
 * Replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54. [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
 * Forel, 1886f: 171 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224;
 * combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 131.
 * Junior synonym of misturus: Emery, 1925b: 135.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1867a: 37 (redescription); Mayr, 1879: 646; Forel, 1886f: 171; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 232; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 702; Forel, 1909b: 57; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 118; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 102; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
 * Senior synonym of distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F).
 * Senior synonym of smithi (unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F.): Bolton, 1995b: 102.
 * distinguenda. Formica distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305 (w.) BORNEO (no state data).
 * [Note: type-locality probably East Malaysia: Sarawak, as collector was A.R. Wallace.]
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica distinguenda Spinola, 1851a: 235.]
 * Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54, and Smith, F. 1858b: 24.]
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 253 (error).
 * Junior synonym of Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3 (first replacement name).
 * smithi. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) smithi Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241.
 * Unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54; hence junior synonym of gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, the first replacement name: Bolton, 1995b: 124.

Formica ruficeps

Two worker syntypes (one major, one minor) in. Labelled “SAR. 19”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * 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
 * Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
 * Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
 * Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
 * Itino T., and S. Yamane. The vertical distribution of ants on canopy trees in a Bornean lowland rainf forest. Tropics 4(2/3): 277-281.
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
 * Yamane S.; Nona, A. R. 1994. Ants from Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak. Pp. 222-226 in: Inoue, T.; Hamid, A. A. (eds.) 1994. Plant reproductive systems and animal seasonal dynamics. Long-term study of dipterocarp forests in Sarawak. Kyoto: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, vii + 255 pp.