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Camponotus dracocephalus
| Camponotus dracocephalus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus megalonyx) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Camponotus dracocephalus Stitz, 1938
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus megalonyx.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dracocephalus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) dracocephalus Stitz, 1938: 112, fig. 10 (q.) BORNEO (Indonesia: Kalimantan).
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 97; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
- Junior synonym of megalonyx: Yamane et al., 2021: 177.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
- Stitz, H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1938: 99-122 (page 112, fig. 10 queen described)
- Yamane, S., Hosoishi, S., Syaukani, S. 2021. Taxonomic notes on rattan-inhabiting ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 30(2): 175-182 (doi:10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.175).