Camponotus kelleri

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Camponotus kelleri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus quadrimaculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus kelleri
Forel, 1886

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kelleri. Camponotus kelleri Forel, 1886f: 186 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Forel, 1912i: 92;
    • combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1891b: 62 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 237; Emery, 1895f: 337; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 226; Forel, 1907e: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
    • Junior synonym of quadrimaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 141.

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