Camponotus tejonia

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Camponotus tejonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. tejonia
Binomial name
Camponotus tejonia
(Buckley, 1866)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • tejonia. Formica tejonia Buckley, 1866: 161 (m.) U.S.A. (California).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1895c: 338; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 21.
    • Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 257; Dalla Torre, 1893: 213.
    • Junior synonym of nitidiventris: Emery, 1925b: 75.
    • Junior synonym of vicinus: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1430.
    • Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Camponotus: Bolton, 1995b: 126.

Description

References

  • Buckley, S. B. 1866. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 152-172 (page 161, male described)
  • Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 338, Combination in Camponotus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 21, Combination in Camponotus)