Protonym: Formica novaeboracensis
Authorship Fitch, 1855: 766
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (New York)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: New York (A. Fitch). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist (Creighton, 1950a: 369)).
Type notes 1) Fitch, 1855: 705, says that his insect specimens will be deposited in the “Entomological department of the Museum of the [N.Y. State Agricultural] Society”, the present whereabouts of which are apparently unknown. 2) Wheeler, 1917c: 26 (in text), claimed that Fitch type-material was detected in USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus novaeboracensis Species Valid
Camponotus noveboracensis Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1855)
Formica novaeboracensis Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1855)
Original combination