Camponotus claripes piperatus

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Camponotus claripes piperatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus claripes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus claripes piperatus
Wheeler, W.M., 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • piperatus. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) claripes subsp. piperatus Wheeler, W.M. 1933b: 26, fig. 2 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of claripes: McArthur, 2009: 274.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 117, catalogue)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1933b. Mermis parasitism in some Australian and Mexican ants. Psyche (Camb.) 40: 20-31 (page 26, fig. 2 soldier, worker, queen described)