Camponotus rufipes lessonai

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Camponotus rufipes lessonai
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus cingulatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus rufipes lessonai
Emery, 1894

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

Nomenclature

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

  • lessonai. Camponotus rufipes subsp. lessonai Emery, 1894e: 3 (s.w.) PARAGUAY. Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 109. Referred to as "species" and excluded from Myrmothrix (hence subgenus indeterminate): Hashmi, 1973: 129. Junior synonym of cingulatus: Wild, 2007b: 48.

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