Camponotus bruesi

Camponotus bruesi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus ulcerosus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus bruesi; Wheeler, W.M., 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

bruesi. Camponotus bruesi Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 349 (s.w.) U.S.A. Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271; in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 154. Junior synonym of ulcerosus: Creighton, 1951: 53.

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
Creighton, W. S. 1951. Studies on Arizona ants. 1. The habits of Camponotus ulcerosus Wheeler and its identity with C. bruesi Wheeler. Psyche (Camb.) 58: 47-64 (page 53, junior synonym of ulcerosus)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 154, combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
Wheeler, W. M. 1910g. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 20: 295-354 (page 349, soldier, worker described)