Camponotus tokyoensis

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Camponotus tokyoensis
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus keihitoi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus tokyoensis
Teranishi, 1915

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus keihitoi.

Nomenclature

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

  • tokyoensis. Camponotus tokyoensis Teranishi, 1915: 137, fig. (w.) JAPAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
    • Type-locality: Japan: Tokyo, Aoyama, vi.1915 (C. Teranishi).
    • Type-depository: unknown.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi r. tokioensis Ito, 1912: 341.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmentoma) caryae var. teranishii Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 118.

References

  • Teranishi, C. 1915d. A new species of Formicidae from Japan. Entomol. Mag. Kyoto 1: 137-138 (page 137, fig. worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1928d. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 96-125 (page 118, Replacement name: teranishii)