Camponotus kiesenwetteri cypria

Camponotus kiesenwetteri cypria
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus libanicus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus kiesenwetteri cypria Emery, 1920

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

Nomenclature

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

• cypria. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) kiesenwetteri var. cypria Emery, 1920c: 26 (w.) CYPRUS.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 121.
  • Junior synonym of kiesenwetteri: Salata et al., 2019: 92.
  • Junior synonym of libanicus: Salata et al., 2023: 14.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 26, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 121, combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
• Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2023. Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cyprus: generic synopsis and description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 16, e016007 (doi:10.20362/am.016007).
• Salata, S., Loss, A.C., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Borowiec, L. 2019. Review of the Camponotus kiesenwetteri group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Aegean with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 899: 85–107 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.899.46933).