Camponotus sexpunctatus liengmei

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Camponotus sexpunctatus liengmei
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus maculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus sexpunctatus liengmei
Forel, 1894

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

Nomenclature

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

  • liengmei. Camponotus sexpunctatus var. liengmei Forel, 1894b: 67 (s.w.) MOZAMBIQUE. Forel, 1907g: 88 (m.). Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Santschi, 1921f: 312; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 87. Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1901h: 69; Forel, 1911e: 288; Arnold, 1922: 636; Emery, 1920c: 5; Emery, 1925b: 87. Raised to species: Santschi, 1923e: 292. Junior synonym of maculatus: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 125.

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