Camponotus quadriceps

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Camponotus quadriceps (Smith, 1859) an obsolete combination of Colobopsis quadriceps (Smith, 1859)

Formica quadriceps Smith, 1859a: 137 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452, cites 1 major worker in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978); original series contained both major(s) and minor(s), but apparently only 1 specimen has survived.

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3:132-158. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (4 obsolete combinations)

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