Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) albosparsus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Camponotus taylori var. albosparsus Bingham, 1903 PDF: 354 (s.w.) INDIA. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: India: Himalaya (Smythies). Primary type depository: MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[First available use of Camponotus maculatus taylori albosparsus Forel, 1894; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]

[Misspelled as albosparatus by Terayama, 2009 PDF: 217 (in key).]

Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 93.

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896j PDF: 370 (in list); Forel, 1904d PDF: 29.

Subspecies of Camponotus barbatus taylori: Wheeler, 1913f PDF: 237.

Subspecies of Camponotus barbatus: Forel, 1906b PDF: 84; Forel, 1912a PDF: 75; Forel, 1913g PDF: 200; Wheeler, 1921c PDF: 544; Emery, 1925d PDF: 93; Wheeler, 1927d PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1928c PDF: 32; Wheeler, 1929g PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1929h PDF: 62; Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 75; Santschi, 1937h PDF: 379; Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 318 (in key); Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 243.

Status as species: Wang et al., 1989a: 223 (in key); Wang et al., 1989b: 327; Wu & Wang, 1992c PDF: 1315; Wang & Wu, 1994 PDF: 30 (in key); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 178; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Terayama, 1999b PDF: 31 (redescription); Zhou, 2001a PDF: 205; Zhang & Zheng, 2002 PDF: 218; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 38; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006 PDF: 37; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 216; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 27; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 23; Wang et al., 2022 10.20362/am.015006 PDF: 40.

Material of the unavailable name Camponotus maculatus taylori formosae referred here by Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 216.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: China, India, Japan
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Indomalaya, Palearctic

Distribution Notes:

India, Japan

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus albosparsus: casent0910136, casent0910137

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Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) albosparsus Bingham, 1903

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