Camponotus taeniatus

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Camponotus taeniatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus atriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus taeniatus
Roger, 1863

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

Nomenclature

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

  • taeniatus. Camponotus taeniatus Roger, 1863a: 149 (q.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of atriceps: Mayr, 1870a: 378; Hashmi, 1973: 82.

References

  • Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 1-140 (page 82, Junior synonym of atriceps)
  • Mayr, G. 1870a. Formicidae novogranadenses. Sitzungsber. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. I 61: 370-417 (page 378, Junior synonym of atriceps)
  • Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 149, queen described)