Camponotus itoi genaiai

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Camponotus itoi genaiai
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus truebi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus itoi genaiai
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • genaiai. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi var. genaiai Santschi, 1928b: 41 (w.) TAIWAN.
    • Subspecies of itoi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 231; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61.
    • Subspecies of truebi: Santschi, 1937h: 380; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
    • Junior synonym of truebi: Terayama, 2009: 216.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 68: 31-46 (page 41, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1937h. Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 361-388 (page 380, Variety of truebi)