Camponotus scutellus

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Camponotus scutellus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus whitei)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus scutellus
Clark, 1930

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

Nomenclature

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

  • scutellus. Camponotus scutellus Clark, 1930a: 123, fig. 1 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of whitei: Brown, 1956a: 40.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 123, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1956c. Some synonymies in the ant genus Camponotus. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 38-40 (page 40, junior synonym of whitei)
  • Clark, J. 1930a. Some new Australian Formicidae. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 42: 116-128 (page 123, fig. 1 soldier, worker described)