Camponotus nevadensis

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Camponotus nevadensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus essigi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus nevadensis
Gregg, 1973

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nevadensis. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nevadensis Gregg, 1973: 39, fig. 1 (s.w.m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of essigi: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 61.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 113, catalogue)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. (page 61, junior synonym of essigi)