Protonym: Camponotus dufouri
Authorship Forel, 1891c: 16, pl. 1, fig. 2a-d
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 77). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: 30 miles NW Tamatave (W.H. O’Swald). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101644 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101669.
Type notes 1) Other original syntype localities: Madagascar: Tamatavé (E. Perrot) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 1043; no lectotype desigated), Madagascar: Forêt d’Alahakato (E. Perrot). 2) Original description mentions Hamburg Museum as depository, these specimens were probably destroyed in World War II.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus dufouri Species Valid Original combination