Camponotus nigroaeneus xuthus

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Camponotus nigroaeneus xuthus
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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Specimen Labels

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.

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