Neotype designation and redescription of Camponotus horseshoetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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381-385

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BHARTI, Himender a WACHKOO, Aijaz Ahmad. Neotype designation and redescription of Camponotus horseshoetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2015, 55(1), 381-385. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/55-1/neotype-designation-and-redescription-of-camponotus-horseshoetus-hymenoptera-formicidae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2015/55/1

A neotype is designated for Camponotus horseshoetus Datta & Raychaudhuri, 1985 as the type material is lost. The original description is ambiguous and for that reason we redescribe the species with illustrations. Camponotus horseshoetus is recorded from West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh for the first time.

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