Camponotus olivieri nitidior

Camponotus olivieri nitidior
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus olivieri zaireicus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus olivieri nitidior Santschi, 1926

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus olivieri zaireicus.

Nomenclature

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

• nitidior. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri var. nitidior Santschi, 1926c: 617 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UGANDA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Ganda Sundi (no collector’s name), Democratic Republic of Congo: Bolobo (no collector’s name), Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Eala (no collector’s name), Uganda: Kanungu (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depositories: MRAC, NHMB.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Dendromyrmex fabricii nitidior Santschi, 1921g: 102.]
  • Subspecies of olivieri: Bolton, 1995b: 114.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus olivieri zaireicus Özdikmen, 2010a: 532.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 617, worker described [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of nitidior Santschi])