Camponotus kelleri invalidus

Camponotus kelleri invalidus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus quadrimaculatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus kelleri invalidus; Forel, 1897 Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

invalidus. Camponotus kelleri var. invalidus Forel, 1897c: 200 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
- Subspecies of kelleri: Emery, 1898a: 226; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
- Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 141.

Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 123, Combination in C. (Mayria))
Forel, A. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen un (page 200, worker described)
Rakotonirina, J.C., Fisher, B.L. 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. ZooKeys 1098: 1–180 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223).
Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)