Camponotus japonicus Mayr. var. sanguinea Karawajew, 1929b: 212

Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew’s ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 244-254 : 247

Camponotus japonicus Mayr. var. sanguinea Karawajew, 1929b: 212 , w, q.

Current status: junior synonym of Camponotus japonicus Mayr 1866: 885 , Japan. Synonymy: Yasumatsu, Brown, 1951: 36; Radchenko, 1997a: 556.

Type locality(-ies): “Borovnitschi, Sutshan-Rayon im Ussurigebiet, 27.VIII.1926 (Nr. 3109, 3110), P. Verestshak, zahlreiche Soldaten und ww aus der Kolonie.—Strand der Bucht Kosmina in der grösseren Buht Amerika bei Vladivostok, 12.V.1900 (Nr. 3789), P. Schmidt, Soldaten, ww und geflügelte und flügellose qq.— Sivakovka am See Chanka, Ussurigebiet, V.1927 (Nr. 3549), A. Kistjakovskij, 2 Soldaten.—Chailar, Mandshurei (Nr. 3639), Coll. Karavajevi, 1 Soldat.—Zwischen Tshyktenj und Tshaansa, Nordkorea, 3.VIII.1900 (Nr. 3589), P. Schmidt, 1 Soldat”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “ Camponotus (Camponotus) / japonicus Mayr / Бровничи Сучан. р. Примор. об. / П. Верещак. 3109 и др. [Brovnichi Suchan Distr. Primorsky Prov. / P. Vereschak. Nr. 3109 et al.]” (see also Fig. 3 ).

Material: SYNTYPES, 13 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 232 w, 10 pupae (in alcohol, IN 314/ BAMS 1/ Karaw47–49).

Notes. Despite the original Karawajew label identifying this taxon as Camponotus japonicus , the locality and collection numbers correspond to the data for the type specimens of var. sanguinea ( Karawajew 1929b) . Moreover, in the Karawajew collection at SIZK there is abundant material with the same labels and an additional original Karawajew label “ Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus Mayr v. sanguinea Karawajew typus ”.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Examples of original vials and labels from the Karawajew’s ant collection: 1 — original vials; 2 – 5 — original labels of the type material.