Camponotus erythropus Viehmeyer

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Camponotus erythropus
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus ezotus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus erythropus
Viehmeyer, 1925

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus ezotus.

Nomenclature

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

  • erythropus. Camponotus (Myrmosaga) erythropus Viehmeyer, 1925b: 141 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Liverpool (H. Overbeck).
    • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus erythropus Pergande, 1893: 28.]
    • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 113; Taylor, 1987a: 12.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus ezotus Bolton, 1995b: 98.

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