Camponotus abdominalis cupiens

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Camponotus abdominalis cupiens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus atriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus abdominalis cupiens
Forel, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cupiens. Camponotus abdominalis subsp. cupiens Forel, 1908c: 410 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of atriceps: Hashmi, 1973: 82.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 410, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 1-140 (page 82, junior synonym of atriceps)