Camponotus gallienii

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Camponotus gallienii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus concolor)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus gallienii
Forel, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gallienii. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) gallienii Forel, 1916: 457. [Unnecessary replacement name for concolor Forel, 1891b: 214.] Junior synonym of concolor: Bolton, 1995b: 101.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 101, Junior synonym of concolor)
  • Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 457, Camponotus)