Camponotus sanguinea

Camponotus sanguinea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus macareaveyi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus sanguinea McAreavey, 1949

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus macareaveyi.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sanguinea. Camponotus (Myrmogonia) sanguinea McAreavey, 1949: 18, figs. 50-52 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, 20 paratype minor workers.
  • [Notes (i): Taylor, 1992a: 60, cites 1s holotype, 1w paratype ANIC; (ii) depository of remaining 19 paratypes unknown.]
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Broome (F. Heugel); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: ANIC (holotype).
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus var. sanguinea Karavaiev, 1929b: 212.]
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 119; Taylor, 1987a: 14.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus macareaveyi Taylor, 1992a: 60.

References

• Clark, J. 1930a. Some new Australian Formicidae. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 42: 116-128 (page 116, fig. 1 soldier, worker described)
• Taylor, R. W. 1992a. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 57-69 (page 59, Replacement name: johnclarki)
• McAreavey, J. 1949. Australian Formicidae. New genera and species. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 74: 1-25 (page 18, figs. 50-52 soldier, worker described)
• Taylor, R. W. 1992a. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 57-69 (page 60, Replacement name: macareaveyi)
• Karavaiev, V. 1929d. Myrmekologische Fragmente. II. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 7:205-220 [= Tr. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 13:203-218]. (page 212, worker, queen described)
• Yasumatsu, K.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1951b. Revisional notes on Camponotus herculeanus Linné and close relatives in Palearctic regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Fac. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 10: 29-44 (page 36, Junior synonym of japonicus)