Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca

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Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus immaculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca
Emery, 1899

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

Nomenclature

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

  • opaca. Camponotus quadrimaculatus var. opaca Emery, 1899f: 290 (s.w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111), 2 paralectotype major workers, 1 paralectotype queen.
    • Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: nr Antongil Bay, 1897-98 (A. Mocquerys); paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: MSNG (lectotype); MHNG, MSNG (paralectotypes).
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55.]
    • Subspecies of quadrimaculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1047.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Mayria) quadrimaculatus var. opacata Emery, 1925b: 123.

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