Camponotus substitutus Emery

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 49

publication ID	21367
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239924
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scientific name	Camponotus substitutus Emery
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Camponotus substitutus Emery View in CoL HNS 1894c.

Camponotus melanoticus var. substitutus Emery HNS 1894: 3. [w syntypes examined, MCSN; Salinus , S. Beni, Bolivia (Balzan)] .

Camponotus landolti r. substitutus Emery HNS . Forel 1899c: 136.

Camponotus melanoticus var. multipilis Forel HNS 1907d: 10. NEW SYNONYMY. [w, m, q syntypes examined, MHNG; Estancia Postillon , Puerto Max a. Rio Paraguay , N. Paraguay (Louis Des Arts jr.)]

Camponotus (Myrmoturba) melanoticus var. multipilis Forel HNS . Bruch 1914: 229.

Camponotus (Myrmoturba) melanoticus subsp. substitutus Emery HNS . Bruch 1914: 229.

Camponotus maculatus st. substitutus Emery HNS . Santschi 1916: 396.

Camponotus fumidus st. substitutus Emery HNS . Santschi 1922b: 101.

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus Emery HNS . Emery 1925: 82.

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus var. multipilis Forel HNS . Emery 1925: 83.

Camponotus substitutus HNS is among the more commonly encountered Camponotus HNS in open and disturbed habitats, particularly in the chaco and near the Rio Paraguay in eastern Paraguay. This ant can be distinguished from other large Paraguayan Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) HNS by the following combination of character states: numerous (>20) suberect to subdecumbent setae on the sides of the head in the major caste; scape of the major simple, not flattened at base; and striking bicoloration in all female castes, with gastric tergites 1-3 (=abd. tergites 3-6) bearing yellowish-white antero-lateral spots contrasting with a dark brown to black central area. Forel’s types of C. substitutus multipilis HNS are more pilose than most Paraguayan collections of C. substitutus HNS , but still within the range of variation of the species. As I can find no other characters that distinguish C. multipilis HNS from C. substitutus HNS I synonymize it here.