Camponotus aurofasciatus Wheeler, W.M.

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Camponotus aurofasciatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus inflatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus aurofasciatus
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus inflatus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • aurofasciatus. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) aurofasciatus Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 817, pl. 66, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of aurofasciatus Santschi, above.] Junior synonym of inflatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1916e: 40.

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