Camponotus compressus cosensis

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Camponotus compressus cosensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus sanctus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus compressus cosensis
Finzi, 1939

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cosensis. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus var. cosensis Finzi, 1939c: 159 (s.w.) GREECE. [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. sanctus var. cosensis Forel, 1904c: 20; unavailable name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).] Finzi, 1932: 25 (q.m.). Junior synonym of sanctus: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 382.

References

  • Finzi, B. 1932a. Sopra alcune formiche dell'Isola di Rodi. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 64: 24-27 (page 25, queen, male described)
  • Finzi, B. 1939c. Ergebnisse der von Franz Werner und Otto v. Wettstein auf den Ägäischen Inseln unternommenen Sammelreisen. Ameisen. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Abt. I 148: 153-161 (page 159, soldier, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 20, First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. sanctus var. cosensis; unavailable name.)