Camponotus innocens Forel, 2007

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 45

publication ID	21367
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239894
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C3760E1-7E9F-2C2D-407A-C43B14AD6ED9
treatment provided by	Thomas
scientific name	Camponotus innocens Forel
status	NEW STATUS

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Camponotus innocens Forel HNS 1909. NEW STATUS.

Camponotus trapeziceps var. innocens Forel HNS 1909: 264. [w syntypes examined, MHNG; San Bernadino , Cordillera, Paraguay (Fiebrig)] .

Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) trapeziceps var. innocens Forel HNS . Emery 1925: 156.

Both C. innocens HNS and C. trapeziceps HNS (w syntypes examined, MHNG) occur in Paraguay, but there is little justification for viewing these sympatric forms as conspecific. To my knowledge major workers of C. innocens HNS have never been collected, but the minor of C. innocens HNS has a markedly more slender head in full-face view than C. trapeziceps HNS , a more elongate mesosoma, and thicker, longer pubescence on the head and mesosoma.