Camponotus lateralis armouri

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Camponotus lateralis armouri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus lateralis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus lateralis armouri
Wheeler, W.M., 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • armouri. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis subsp. armouri Wheeler, W.M. 1926: 5 (w.q.m.) BALEARIC IS. Senior synonym of balearis: Santschi, 1936c: 207 (given as junior synonym but armouri has priority over balearis). Junior synonym of lateralis: Collingwood, 1978: 73.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
  • Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 52: 65-95 (page 73, junior synonym of lateralis)
  • Santschi, F. 1936c. Liste et descriptions de fourmis du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 16: 198-210 (page 207, senior synonym of balearis (given as junior synonym but armouri has priority over balearis))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1926a. Ants of the Balearic Islands. Folia Myrmecol. Termit. 1: 1-6 (page 5, worker, queen, male described)