Camponotus pertusus

Camponotus pertusus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus essigi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus pertusus Mackay, W.P., 1997

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

Nomenclature

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

• pertusus. Camponotus pertusus Mackay, W.P., in Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 330, figs 4, 5, 9 (w.) TRINIDAD.
  • Type-material: holotype workers, 2 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Trinidad: (no further data), summer 1908 (O.W. Barrett); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: USNM (holotype); USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 319.
  • Junior synonym of essigi: Snelling, R.R. 2000: 601.

References

• Mackay, W. P. 1997c. [Untitled. Camponotus pertusus W. Mackay, new species.] Pp. 330-331 in: Mackay, W. P., Mackay, E. E. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicida (page 330, figs. 4, 5, 9 worker described)
• Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 319, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
• Snelling, R. R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 599-611 (page 601, Junior synonym of essigi)