Camponotus fumidus spurcus

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Camponotus fumidus spurcus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus festinatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus fumidus spurcus
Wheeler, W.M., 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • spurcus. Camponotus fumidus var. spurcus Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 315 (s.w.q.) U.S.A. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80. Junior synonym of festinatus: Creighton, 1950a: 376.

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