B 4. Camponotites flarex Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Camponotus pictus Zhang et al., 1994: 8 (fossil) (current combination Camponotites pictus), junior primary homonym of Camponotus ligniperdus var. pictus Forel, 1886, junior synonym of Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1855) .

Type locality.

China: Shanwang Basin (fossil locality, Miocene).

Type material.

Fossil imprint, registration number K 0174 (original description did not specify an institutional repository; depository remains unknown). Validity is based on the published description and illustrations, which allow recognition of the taxon and justify replacement under ICZN Article 60.

Type depository.

Unspecified.

Etymology.

Arbitrary combination of letters, treated as a noun in apposition.