Camponotus rufoglaucus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands, China.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica rufoglauca Jerdon, 1851: 124 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka).
 * [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 107.]
 * Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
 * combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1912i: 91.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 16; Mayr, 1863: 420; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 303; Forel, 1892j: 237; Dalla Torre, 1893: 250; Mayr, 1893: 195; Emery, 1893f: 252; Forel, 1895d: 227; Emery, 1895h: 48 (in key); Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Mayr, 1897: 432; Bingham, 1903: 363; Mayr, 1907b: 20; Forel, 1908a: 6; Forel, 1911i: 227; Karavaiev, 1911: 12; Forel, 1913k: 129; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 545; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 246, 966; Wheeler, W.M. 1923b: 6; Arnold, 1924: 689; Emery, 1925b: 105; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 115; Menozzi, 1930d: 328; Mukerjee, 1930: 159; Finzi, 1936: 190; Finzi, 1939a: 160; Finzi, 1940: 164; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458; Weber, 1943c: 336; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 204; Arnold, 1947: 136; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 238; Cagniant, 1964: 91; Collingwood, 1970: 381; Barquin Diez, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 354; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 15; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 109; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205; Borowiec, L. 2014: 40 (see note in bibliography); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 28.
 * Senior synonym of redtenbacheri: Forel, 1892j: 237; Emery, 1896d: 372; Bingham, 1903: 363; Emery, 1925b: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 109.
 * [Note: Collingwood, 1978: 72, lists micans as senior synonym of rufoglaucus. Error because, (i) rufoglaucus has priority, (ii) the two have never otherwise been considered synonymous, either before or after 1978.]
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus controversus, latericus, syphax, tenuis, zanzibaricus, zulu.
 * redtenbacheri. Camponotus redtenbacheri Mayr, 1862: 667, 770 (w.) SRI LANKA.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1913k: 129.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 401; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 306.
 * Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Forel, 1909e: 397; Forel, 1913k: 129.
 * Junior synonym of rufoglaucus: Forel, 1892j: 237; Emery, 1896d: 372; Bingham, 1903: 363; Emery, 1925b: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 120; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 109.

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