Camponotus castaneus rufinasis

Camponotus castaneus rufinasis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus americanus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus castaneus rufinasis Santschi, 1936

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

Nomenclature

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

• rufinasis. Camponotus (Camponotus) castaneus st. rufinasis Santschi, 1936b: 204 (s.w.) U.S.A.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1937h: 380.
  • Subspecies of castaneus: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 839.
  • Junior synonym of americanus: Creighton, 1950a: 365; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 142; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1425; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Mackay, 2019: 163.

References

• Mackay, W.P. 2019. New World Carpenter Ants of the Hyperdiverse genus Camponotus. Volume 1. Introduction, keys to the subgenera and species complexes and the subgenus Camponotus: 412 pp. Lambert Academic Publishing.