Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacata

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Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacata
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 opacata
Emery, 1925

Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacatus casent0102106 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

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.

  • opacata. Camponotus (Mayria) quadrimaculatus var. opacata Emery, 1925b: 123.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus quadrimaculatus var. opaca Emery, 1899f: 290. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55.]

Subspecies of quadrimaculatus: Bolton, 1995b: 115. Junior synonym of immaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111.

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