Camponotus compactus

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Camponotus compactus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. compactus
Binomial name
Camponotus compactus
Förster, 1891

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France (Early Oligocene).

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • compactus. †Camponotus compactus Förster, 1891: 431, pl. 13, fig. 5 (q.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 867; Bolton, 1995b: 93.

Description

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