Camponotus germaini Emery

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 50-51

publication ID	21367
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239940
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scientific name	Camponotus germaini Emery
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Camponotus germaini Emery View in CoL HNS 1903.

Camponotus germaini Emery HNS 1903: 71. [w syntypes examined, MCSN; Matto Groso, Brazil (Germain)] .

Camponotus germaini subsp. tacuruensis Emery HNS 1911: 222. NEW SYNONYMY. [w syntypes examined, MCSN; Tacuru Pucu , Alto Paraná, Paraguay (Silvestri)] .

Camponotus (Myrmamblys) germaini Emery HNS . Forel 1914a: 271.

Camponotus (Neomyrmamblys) germaini Emery HNS . Santschi 1921a: 311.

Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) germaini Emery HNS . Emery 1925: 155.

Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) germaini subsp. tacuruensis Emery HNS . Emery 1925: 155.

Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) germaini tacuruensis Emery HNS . Kempf 1972: 46.

Camponotus germaini HNS is a soil-nesting species recorded from low forests, second growth forests, and edge habitats. Emery (1911d) distinguished C. tacuruensis HNS from C. germaini HNS on the basis of size and head shape of the major worker. I have examined Emery’s types for both taxa. Although it is true that C. germaini tacuruensis HNS is slightly larger than most collections of C. germaini HNS in Paraguay, I can find no other difference to distinguish C. tacuruensis HNS . The head shape of the major worker in spite of Emery’s written description is scarcely different between the two forms and both forms fall within the observed range of variation of this species in Paraguay.