Camponotus dimidiatus

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Camponotus dimidiatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus consobrinus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus dimidiatus
Roger, 1863

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dimidiatus. Camponotus dimidiatus Roger, 1863b: 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913g: 181; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 103. Junior synonym of nigriceps: Mayr, 1876: 63. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of nigriceps: Emery, 1887a: 211; Stitz, 1911a: 372; Forel, 1915b: 97; Crawley, 1922c: 35. Junior synonym of consobrinus: Wheeler, W.M. 1933b: 23; Clark, 1934c: 70.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
  • Crawley, W. C. 1922e. New ants from Australia (concluded from vol. ix. p. 449). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(10): 16-36 (page 35, revived from synonymy as variety/race of nigriceps)
  • Emery, C. 1887a [1886]. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24[=(2)(4): 209-240 (page 211, revived from synonymy as variety/race of nigriceps)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 103, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1913h. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 173-195 (page 181, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
  • Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 97, revived from synonymy as variety/race of nigriceps)
  • Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 63, junior synonym of nigriceps)
  • Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 4, worker described)
  • Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 372, revived from synonymy as variety/race of nigriceps)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1933b. Mermis parasitism in some Australian and Mexican ants. Psyche (Camb.) 40: 20-31 (page 23, junior synonym of consobrinus)