Camponotus maculatus carolinus

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Camponotus maculatus carolinus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus bonariensis luteolus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus maculatus carolinus
Forel, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • carolinus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. carolinus Forel, 1916: 458. Subspecies of bonariensis: Emery, 1925b: 79; Kempf, 1972a: 65. Unnecessarily proposed replacement name for luteolus Emery, 1906c: 188, hence junior synonym of the latter: Bolton, 1995b: 91.

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