Colobopsis janus

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Colobopsis janus (Mann, 1921) homonym replaced by Colobopsis janussus (Bolton, 1995)

Camponotus (Colobopsis) janus Mann, 1921: 498 (s.w.) FIJI (Kadavu). Oceania.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Fiji Is: Kadavu I., Buke Levu, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48, cite 3 major worker, 6 minor worker syntypes (1s, 2w in MCZC, 2s, 4w in USNM).

[Junior primary homonym of Camponotus petersii janus Forel, 1911g.]
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 146; Wheeler, 1935g: 42; Dlussky, 1994a: 55.
Replacement name: Colobopsis janussus Bolton, 1995b.

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus janus

Citations

Dlussky, G. M. 1994a. Zoogeography of southwestern Oceania. [In Russian.]. Pp. 48-93 in: Puzatchenko, Y. G.; Golovatch, S. I.; Dlussky, G. M.; Diakonov, K. N.; Zakharov, A. A.; Korganova, G. A. 1994. Animal populations of the islands of southwestern Oceania (ecogeographic studies). [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka, 254 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64:401-499. PDF
Sarnat, E. M.; Economo, E. P. 2012. The ants of Fiji. University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 132. Berkeley: University of California Press, xiii + 384 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.

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