Camponotus nitidus nuperus

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Camponotus nitidus nuperus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus montivagus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus nitidus nuperus
Wheeler, W.M., 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nuperus. Camponotus nitidus var. nuperus Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 58 (s.w.q.) MEXICO. Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118. Subspecies of montivagus: Emery, 1925b: 118. Junior synonym of montivagus: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.

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