Camponotus discolor

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica discolor Buckley, 1866: 166 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas).
 * Emery, 1893i: 678 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 230 (s.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1886c: 365;
 * combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 117.
 * Junior synonym of marginatus: Mayr, 1886d: 423; Cresson, 1887: 256; Pergande, 1893: 28.
 * Subspecies of marginatus: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Emery, 1893i: 677; Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 23.
 * Subspecies of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342; Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 230 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Wheeler, W.M. 1913c: 117; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 558.
 * Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28; Emery, 1925b: 117; Smith, M.R. 1931a: 22; Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G. 1940: 103; Buren, 1944a: 294; Creighton, 1950a: 386; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 844; Smith, M.R. 1967: 367; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1431.
 * Status as species: Snelling, R.R. 1988: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 170; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 89; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown, et al. 2007: 16; Deyrup, 2017: 188.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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