Camponotus denticulatus

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Camponotus denticulatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus wiederkehri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus denticulatus
Kirby, W.F., 1896

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

Nomenclature

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

  • denticulatus. Camponotus denticulatus Kirby, W.F. 1896: 204 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Clark, 1930c: 19. Junior synonym of wiederkehri: Shattuck & McArthur, 2003: 85.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
  • Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 19, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Kirby, W. F. 1896. Supplement to the Zoological Report. Hymenoptera. Pp. 203-209 in: Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia. Part 1. London: Dulau and Co., xviii + 220 pp. (page 204, soldier, worker described)
  • Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus wiederkehri and perjurus species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 126: 63-90 (page 85, Junior synonym of wiederkehri)