Camponotus maculatus ruzskyi

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Camponotus maculatus ruzskyi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus turkestanus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus maculatus ruzskyi
Vashkevich, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ruzskyi. Camponotus maculatus subsp. ruzskyi Vashkevich, 1924a: 144 (w.) RUSSIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of ruzskyi Emery, above.] Junior synonym of turkestanus: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 132.

References

  • Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 132, Junior synonym of turkestanus)
  • Vashkevich, A. F. 1924a. A new form of ant from Semirechensk Oblast. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 74: 144-145 (page 144, worker described)