Camponotus ferruginipes

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Camponotus ferruginipes
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus hartogi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus ferruginipes
Crawley, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ferruginipes. Camponotus (Myrmosaga) ferruginipes Crawley, in Poulton & Crawley, 1922: 125 (s.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 111. Junior synonym of hartogi: Brown, 1956a: 40.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 99, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1956c. Some synonymies in the ant genus Camponotus. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 38-40 (page 40, junior synonym of hartogi)
  • Crawley, W. C. 1922d. Notes on some Australian ants. Biological notes by E. B. Poulton, D.Sc., M.A., F.R.S., and notes and descriptions of new forms by W. C. Crawley, B.A., F.E.S., F.R.M.S. [concl.]. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 58: 121-126 (page 125, soldier described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 111, combination in C. (Myrmophyma))