Camponotus coloratus Forel, 2007
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publication ID |
21367 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239928 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/44224FB5-E458-EF24-FF59-D68DD7317ED1 |
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treatment provided by |
Thomas |
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scientific name |
Camponotus coloratus Forel |
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NEW STATUS |
Camponotus coloratus Forel HNS 1904a. NEW STATUS.
Camponotus melanoticus v. colorata Forel HNS 1904a: 49. [holotype w examined, MHNG; Ciénaga, Columbia] .
Camponotus (Myrmoturba) melanoticus var. colorata Forel HNS . Bruch 1914: 229.
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. colorata Forel HNS . Emery 1925: 83.
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. coloratus Forel HNS . Kempf 1972: 72.
Camponotus coloratus HNS cannot be considered conspecific with C. substitutus HNS . Both ants are locally sympatric in the Paraguayan chaco without signs of hybridization. These species share a similar striking bicoloration (see discussion under C. substitutus HNS ), but workers of C. coloratus HNS , in addition to being on average larger than workers of C. substitutus HNS , have disproportionately longer legs, a more opaque microsculpture, and considerably reduced pilosity with the sides of the head of the major bearing fewer than 5 standing setae. Paraguayan material is lighter in color and with a broader head in the major caste than Forel’s type from Colombia, but given the allopatric nature of the variation I see no reason to divide C. coloratus HNS further.
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Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle |
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