Camponotus larvigerus

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Camponotus larvigerus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus ustus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus larvigerus
Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • larvigerus. Camponotus larvigerus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 52, fig. 23 (s.w.q.) HAITI. Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81. Junior synonym of ustus: Snelling, R.R. & Torres, 1998: 2.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
  • Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A. 1998. Camponotus ustus Forel and two similar new species from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 469: 1-10 (page 2, Junior synonym of ustus)
  • Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: 1-61 (page 52, fig. 23 soldier, worker, queen described)