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Camponotus christi ambustus
| Camponotus christi ambustus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus foersteri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Camponotus christi ambustus Forel, 1892
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus foersteri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ambustus. Camponotus christi var. ambustus Forel, 1892l: 233 (s.w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
- Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 85, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 122, combination in C. (Mayria))
- Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. (page 233, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Rakotonirina, J.C., Fisher, B.L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4438: 1–58 (DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.1).