Camponotus iheringi Forel

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 47

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239908
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scientific name	Camponotus iheringi Forel
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Camponotus iheringi Forel View in CoL HNS 1908b.

Camponotus iheringi Forel HNS 1908b: 412. [w syntypes examined, MHNG; São Paulo, Brazil (v. Ihering)]

Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel HNS 1909: 264. NEW SYNONYMY. [w syntypes examined, MHNG; San Bernadino , Cordillera, Paraguay (Stengel)] . Junior homonym of latinotus Forel HNS 1907c, replacement name is bajulus Emery HNS 1925.

Camponotus (Myrmamblys) iheringi Forel HNS . Forel 1914a: 271.

Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi Forel HNS . Emery 1920a:260.

Camponotus iheringi bajulus Emery HNS 1925: 165. NEW SYNONYMY. Replacement name for latinota Forel HNS 1909.

Camponotus jheringi Forel HNS . Kempf 1972: 52. Misspelling.

Camponotus jheringi var. bajulus Emery HNS . Kempf 1972: 52. Misspelling.

Forel’s C. latinota HNS types from San Bernadino (the replacement name is C. bajulus Emery HNS ) have slightly longer pilosity on the mesosomal dorsum and gastric terga than Forel’s iheringi HNS type from São 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 HNS and C. bajulus HNS are allopatric and the differences are ambiguous at best, I find little reason to treat these forms as separate.