Camponotus escherichi

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Camponotus escherichi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus fallatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus escherichi
Menozzi, 1926

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus fallatus.

Nomenclature

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

  • escherichi. Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) escherichi Menozzi, 1926c: 71, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL. [Junior primary homonym of escherichi Emery, above.] Replacement name: fallatus Bolton, 1995b: 98.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, replacement name: fallatus; new name, catalogue)
  • Menozzi, C. 1926c. Neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 69: 68-72 (page 71, fig. 2 worker described)