Camponotus vehemens

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Camponotus vehemens
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. vehemens
Binomial name
Camponotus vehemens
Förster, 1891
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France (Early Oligocene).

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • vehemens. †Camponotus vehemens Förster, 1891: 428, pl. 13, fig. 3 (m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • Théobald, 1937b: 218 (w.q.m.).
    • Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 867; Théobald, 1937b: 218; Burnham, 1979: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 129.
    • Senior synonym of †miserabilis: Théobald, 1937b: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 128.
  • miserabilis. †Camponotus miserabilis Förster, 1891: 430, pl. 13, fig. 4 (q.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 867.
    • Junior synonym of †vehemens: Théobald, 1937b: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 111.

Description

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