Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Author Ward, Philip S. Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA; P. S. Ward * psward@ucdavis.edu Author Boudinot, Brendon E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-0430 Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA; P. S. Ward * & Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Institut fuer Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung, Erberstrasse 1, Jena, Thuringia, 07743, Germany; B. E. Boudinot [boudinotb @ gmail. com] text Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 2021 2021-04-19 79 37 56 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e66978 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e66978 1864-8312-79-37 6E3AE6524AA549EFB44DC5B99C2AD0C6 CE28E31D8CC05ACD8DEEEA5E2094E9D2

Table 1. Summary of taxonomic changes in this paper. This includes novel subgenus placements; these are not new or revived combinations as defined by the ICZN.

Taxon	Change	Notes
Colobopsis moeschi	comb. nov.	Previously in Camponotus
Colobopsis moeschi lygaea	comb. nov.	Previously in Camponotus
Colobopsis nutans	comb. nov.	Previously in Camponotus
Colobopsis nutans cleliae	comb. nov.	Previously in Camponotus
Colobopsis reichenspergeri	comb. nov.	Previously in Camponotus
Camponotus horrens	comb. rev.	Returned to Camponotus, from Colobopsis
Camponotus politae	comb. rev.	Returned to Camponotus, from Colobopsis
Camponotus aurelianus	comb. rev.	Returned to Camponotus, from Colobopsis
Camponotus trajanus	comb. rev.	Returned to Camponotus, from Colobopsis
Camponotus apostemata	comb. nov.	Previously in Colobopsis
Camponotus cavibregma	comb. nov.	Previously in Colobopsis
Camponotus yogi	comb. rev.	Returned to Camponotus, from Colobopsis
Myrmotemnus	syn. nov.	Junior synonym of Colobopsis
Dolophra	syn. rev.	Junior synonym of Camponotus
Camponotus apostemata	syn. nov.	Junior synonym of Camponotus yogi
Camponotus cavibregma	syn. nov.	Junior synonym of Camponotus yogi
Camponotus quercicola	syn. nov.	Junior synonym of Camponotus laevigatus
Camponotus adustus	stat. nov.	Previously subspecies of Camponotus bellus
Camponotus leucodiscus	stat. rev.	Species status restored
Camponotus hypoclineoides	subgenus	Restored to Camponotus (Karavaievia)
Camponotus impressilabris	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex)
Camponotus horrens	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Myrmamblys)
Camponotus politae	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Myrmamblys)
Camponotus aurelianus	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Myrmamblys)
Camponotus trajanus	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Myrmamblys)
Camponotus apostemata	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Camponotus)
Camponotus cavibregma	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Camponotus)
Camponotus yogi	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Camponotus)
Camponotus clarithorax	subgenus	Placed in Camponotus (Camponotus)