A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Author
Wild, A. L.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1622
1
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http://www.antbase.org/ants/publications/21367/21367.pdf
journal article
21367
Camponotus iheringi Forel
1908b.
Camponotus iheringi Forel
1908b: 412.
[w
syntypes
examined,
MHNG
;
Sao
Paulo
,
Brazil
(
v. Ihering
)]
Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel
1909: 264.
NEW SYNONYMY
.
[w
syntypes
examined,
MHNG
;
San Bernadino
,
Cordillera
,
Paraguay
(
Stengel
)]
. Junior homonym of
latinotus Forel
1907c, replacement name is
bajulus Emery
1925.
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) iheringi Forel
. Forel 1914a: 271.
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi Forel
. Emery 1920a:260.
Camponotus iheringi bajulus Emery
1925: 165.
NEW SYNONYMY
. Replacement name for
latinota Forel
1909.
Camponotus jheringi Forel
. Kempf 1972: 52. Misspelling.
Camponotus jheringi var. bajulus Emery
. Kempf 1972: 52. Misspelling.
Forel’s
C. latinota
types from San Bernadino (the replacement name is
C. bajulus Emery
) have slightly longer pilosity on the mesosomal dorsum and gastric terga than Forel’s
iheringi
type from
Sao
Paulo, but the two forms are otherwise similar. Forel (1909a) separated the two based on surface sculpture and mesosomal structure, but the sculpture differences are slight and full nest series of this species I have collected show enough allometric variation in mesosomal structure to call into question the reliability of Forel’s distinction. Since
C. iheringi
and
C. bajulus
are allopatric and the differences are ambiguous at best, I find little reason to treat these forms as separate.