Camponotus herculeanus rubens

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Camponotus herculeanus rubens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus novaeboracensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus herculeanus rubens
Emery, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rubens. Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus var. rubens Emery, 1925b: 73 (w.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Camponotus herculeanus subsp. ligniperdus var. rubens Wheeler, W.M. 1906a: 41; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of noveboracensis: Creighton, 1950a: 370.

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