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Camponotus nigroaeneus xuthus
| Camponotus nigroaeneus xuthus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus fieldeae) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Camponotus nigroaeneus xuthus Emery, 1925
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus fieldeae.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- xuthus. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) nigroaeneus subsp. xuthus Emery, 1925b: 111.
- [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) nigroaeneus r. divus var. xuthus Forel, 1915b: 97 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
- Status as species: McArthur, 2009: 285 (redescription).
- Subspecies of nigroaeneus: Taylor, 1987a: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 130; McArthur, 2014: 90.
- Junior synonym of fieldeae: Heterick, 2021: 18.
References
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- McArthur, A. J. 2009. New species, new status and new synonymy for Camponotus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 12:273-286.
- McArthur, A.J. 2014. A guide to Camponotus ants of Australia: 185 pp. South Australian Museum.