Camponotus mina zuni

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Camponotus mina zuni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus mina)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus mina zuni
Wheeler, W.M., 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • zuni. Camponotus mina subsp. zuni Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 346 (s.w.) U.S.A. Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 562. Junior synonym of mina: Creighton, 1965b: 5.

References

  • Creighton, W. S. 1965b. Studies on southwestern ants belonging to Camponotus, subgenus Myrmobrachys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 2239: 1-9 (page 5, Junior synonym of mina)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910g. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 20: 295-354 (page 346, soldier, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 562, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))