Notostigma sanguinea

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Notostigma sanguinea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus johnclarki)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Notostigma sanguinea
Clark, 1930

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus johnclarki.

Nomenclature

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

  • sanguinea. Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930a: 116, fig. 1 (nos.1,2) (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “a large nest”).
    • [Note: Taylor, 1992a: 59, cites 2w syntypes MVMA.]
    • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth (J. Clark), Western Australia, Ludlow (J. Clark).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus japonicus sanguinea Karavaiev, 1929b: 212.]
    • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127; Taylor, 1987a: 48.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992a: 59.

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