Camponotus triton
Camponotus triton | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Colobopsis riehlii) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Colobopsis |
Species: | Camponotus triton Wheeler, W.M., 1934 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Colobopsis riehlii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- triton. Camponotus (Colobopsis) triton Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 217 (q.) BAHAMAS.
- Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 128; McArthur, 2012: 219.
- Junior synonym of riehlii: Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 202.
References
- Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E.E. 2018. Revision of the New World Cork-Headed ants of the genus Colobopsis: 279 pp. Lambert Academic Publishing.
- Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 217, queen described)