Camponotus himalayanus

Identification
Radchenko (1997) - Differs from Camponotus fallax in brightly orange coxae and femura and coarser sculptured semi-mat head and thorax.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nepal.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus marginatus var. himalayanus Forel, 1893b: 431 (w.) INDIA (no state data).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 118.
 * Subspecies of fallax: Forel, 1906b: 84.
 * Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, 1917c: 29; Emery, 1925b: 118; Menozzi, 1939a: 317 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 103.
 * Status as species: Collingwood, 1970: 382; Radchenko, 1996b: 1200 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 704; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 24.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
 * Collingwood C.A. 1970. Formicidae (Hymenopter: Aculeata) of Nepal. Himalaya Khumbu Himal, 3: 371-388.
 * Thapa V. K. 2000. An Inventory of Nepal's Insects, Vol. III. IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu, xi + 475 pp.