Camponotus schencki

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Camponotus schencki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus suffusus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus schencki
Mayr, 1862

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

Nomenclature

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

  • schencki. Camponotus schencki Mayr, 1862: 674 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of suffusus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 254; Emery, 1896d: 373.

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 254, Junior synonym of suffusus)
  • Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 373, Junior synonym of suffusus)
  • Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 674, worker described)