Camponotus nitidiceps

Camponotus nitidiceps
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus peseshus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1925

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus peseshus.

Nomenclature

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

• nitidiceps. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1925b: 141 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: New South Wales, Liverpool (H. Overbeck), New South Wales, Trial Bay (H. Overbeck).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans subsp. nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156.]
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 118; Taylor, 1987a: 14.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus peseshus Bolton, 1995b: 117.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 117, Replacement name: peseshus, catalogue)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1925b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Schluss.). Entomol. Mitt. 14: 139-149 (page 141, soldier, worker, queen described)