Camponotini

The tribe Camponotini belongs to the subfamily Formicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Camponotini genera, for species see Camponotini species.

Tribe CAMPONOTINI Camponotidae Forel, 1878: 364. Type-genus: Camponotus. Taxonomic history Camponotini as subfamily of Formicidae: Forel, 1878: 364 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1879a: 56 [Camponotidae]; Nasonov, 1889: 9 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1891b: 13 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1892j: 219 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1893a: 165 [Camponotinae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 171 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1895j: 771 [subfamily spelled Camponotini]; Emery, 1896d: 187 [Camponotinae]; Forel, 1899c: 123 [Camponotinae]; Bingham, 1903: 308 [Camponotinae]; Ashmead, 1905b: 384 [Camponotinae]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143 [Camponotinae]; Forel, 1912i: 87 [Camponotinae]; Forel, 1915d: 45 [Camponotinae]; Donisthorpe, 1915d: 184 [Camponotinae]; Escherich, 1917: 2 [Camponotini]; Forel, 1917: 248 [Camponotinae]; Arnold, 1920a: 551 [Camponotinae]; Soudek, 1922: 61 [Camponotinae]. Camponotini as tribe of Formicidae: André, 1882a: 126 [Camponotidae]. Camponotini as family: Emery, 1894g: 372 [Camponotidae]. Camponotini as tribe of Camponotidae: Forel, 1886f: 141 [Camponotii]; Forel, 1891b: 13 [Camponotii]. Camponotini as tribe of Camponotinae: Forel, 1893a: 165 [Camponotii]; Forel, 1895b: 101 [Camponoti]; Emery, 1895j: 772 [Camponotii]; Forel, 1899c: 130 [Camponotii]; Ruzsky, 1902d: 4 [subfamily spelled Camponotini]; Ruzsky, 1905b: 110 [Camponotii]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 144 [Camponotii]. Camponotini as tribe of Camponotinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 384; Wheeler, 1915g: 813 [Camponotides]; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 135; Forel, 1915d: 45; Forel, 1917: 250; Arnold, 1922: 610; Soudek, 1922: 61. Camponotini as tribe of Formicinae: Bondroit, 1918: 65; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 693; Emery, 1925b: 53; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms of CAMPONOTINI

Polyrhachidini Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Type-genus: Polyrhachis. Taxonomic history Polyrhachidini as tribe of Camponotinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Polyrhachidini as junior synonym of Camponotini: Bolton, 1994: 50.

*Paleosminthuridae Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146. Type-genus: *Paleosminthurus. Taxonomic history *Paleosminthuridae as family of Collembola: Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146. *Paleosminthuridae incertae sedis in Formicidae: Najt, 1987: 152. *Paleosminthuridae incertae sedis as subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 1994: 187 [*Paleosminthurinae]; Bolton, 2003: 76, 263. *Paleosminthuridae as junior synonym of Camponotini: Snelling (pers. comm., 2004). [Synonymy remained unpublished at his death in 2008.] Genera (extant) of Camponotini: Calomyrmex, Camponotus, Echinopla, Forelophilus, Opisthopsis, Overbeckia, Phasmomyrmex, Polyrhachis. Genera (extinct) of Camponotini: *Chimaeromyrma, *Pseudocamponotus.

Tribe Camponotini references Forel, 1878: 364, 367 (diagnosis, genus groups); Forel, 1893a: 165 (diagnosis, synoptic classification); Forel, 1917: 250 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 700 (genera, key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 948, 1039 (Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1925b: 53 (diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 652 (larva diagnosis); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 65 (larvae, review & synthesis); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1039 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 9 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 26, 111 (diagnosis, synopsis).