Camponotus chucki Fisher, 2025

Fisher, Brian L., 2025, Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 1256, pp. 81-113 : 81-113

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:022D48B6-D029-470F-907D-96134B37CE80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17370125

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB9FA6EE-B3BF-5835-8DE7-2E570A8ADA1C

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Camponotus chucki Fisher
status

nom. nov.

D 1. Camponotus chucki Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Camponotus kugleri Mackay, 2025: 453 , junior secondary homonym of Camponotus kugleri Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 78 .

Type locality.

Colombia: Zona Buenos Aires.

Type material.

Holotype minor worker.

Type depository.

MCZC.

Etymology.

The name honors Charles (“ Chuck ”) Kugler, myrmecologist and Peace Corps colleague, who collected the holotype and numerous specimens of Camponotus in Colombia. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Camponotus