Camponotus aethiops sylvaticoides

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Camponotus aethiops sylvaticoides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus aethiops)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus aethiops sylvaticoides
Dalla Torre, 1893

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sylvaticoides. Camponotus aethiops var. sylvaticoides Dalla Torre, 1893: 221 (s.w.) BULGARIA. [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. aethiops var. sylvaticoides Forel, 1892i: 306; unavailable name.] Subspecies of aethiops: Müller, 1923: 156; Emery, 1925b: 97. Junior synonym of aethiops: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58.

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