Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens

Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus melanoticus kempfi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus melanoticus nigrescens Santschi, 1939

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus melanoticus kempfi.

Nomenclature

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

• nigrescens. Camponotus melanoticus var. nigrescens Santschi, 1939e: 324 (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso).
  • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (P. Germain) (received from Emery).
  • [Note: Kempf, 1972a: 69, incorrectly gives Santa Catarina, Hamonia as type-locality.]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus ligniperdus var. nigrescens Gösswald, 1932: 147 (Bolton, 1995b: 113).]
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Kempf, 1972a: 69.
  • Subspecies of melanoticus: Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 113.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus melanoticus kempfi Özdikmen, 2010a: 530.

References

• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 69, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Santschi, F. 1939e. Études et descriptions de fourmis néotropiques. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 10: 312-330 (page 324, worker described)