Phasmomyrmex sericeus

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Phasmomyrmex sericeus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus buchneri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Phasmomyrmex sericeus
Stitz, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sericeus. Phasmomyrmex sericeus Stitz, 1910: 146, fig. 11 (w.) CAMEROUN. Junior synonym of buchneri: Forel, 1910e: 421.

References

  • Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 421, Junior synonym of buchneri)
  • Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 146, fig. 11 worker described)