Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens

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Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus melanoticus kempfi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens
Santschi, 1939

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus melanoticus kempfi.

Nomenclature

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

  • nigrescens. Camponotus melanoticus var. nigrescens Santschi, 1939e: 324 (w.) BRAZIL. Unresolved junior primary homonym of nigrescens Gösswald, above: Bolton, 1995b: 113. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Kempf, 1972a: 69. Replacement name: kempfi Özdikmen, 2010a: 530.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 69, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Santschi, F. 1939e. Études et descriptions de fourmis néotropiques. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 10: 312-330 (page 324, worker described)