Camponotus castanea

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Camponotus castanea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus castanicola)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus castanea
Stitz, 1925

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus castanicola.

Nomenclature

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

  • castanea. Camponotus (Myrmacantha) castanea Stitz, 1925: 128, fig. 7a,b (w.) PHILIPPINES (no island nominated, “Limay”).
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica castanea Latreille, 1802c: 118.]
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 230.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmacantha) castanicolus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 116, replacement name: castanicola)
  • Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 128, fig. 7 worker described)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1835 [1836]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome I. Paris: Roret, 547 pp. (page 215, worker, queen, male described)
  • Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 399, junior synonym of herculeanus)