Camponotus bactrianus

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Camponotus bactrianus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus oasium)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus bactrianus
Pisarski, 1967

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bactrianus. Camponotus bactrianus Pisarski, 1967: 411, figs. 77-81 (s.w.q.) AFGHANISTAN. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Pisarski, 1970: 322. Junior synonym of oasium: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 87, catalogue)
  • Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 411, figs. 77-81 soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Pisarski, B. 1970a [1969]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Cas. M (page 322, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1997d. Review of ants of the subgenera Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 76: 806-815 (page 809, Junior synonym of oasium)