Camponotus compressus nitens

Camponotus compressus nitens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus compressus bernardi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus compressus nitens Bernard, 1953

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus compressus bernardi.

Nomenclature

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

• nitens. Camponotus compressus subsp. nitens Bernard, 1953a: 194 (q.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: 3 syntype queens.
  • Type-localities: Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, Wadi Sersouf, 1949, st. 38 bis (F. Bernard), Tassili des Ajjer, Wadi Tanar, 1949, st. 39 (F. Bernard), Algeria: Fort Polignac (N Tassili, 800 m) (Foley).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus nitens Mayr, 1870a: 378 (Bolton, 1995b: 113).]
  • Subspecies of compressus: Bolton, 1995b: 113.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus compressus bernardi Özdikmen, 2010a: 522.

References

• Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 194, queen described)