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Camponotus nigroaeneus divus
| Camponotus nigroaeneus divus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus nigroaeneus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Camponotus nigroaeneus divus Forel, 1907 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus nigroaeneus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- divus. Camponotus nigroaeneus subsp. divus Forel, 1907a: 34 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 111. Junior synonym of nigroaeneus: McArthur, 2009: 283.
Description
Worker minor, Length 6.5 mm. Larger and thinner than the type. Mandibles longer, external edge less curved. Keel of the clypeus sharper. Head rectangular, 1.5 times longer than wide (in the type nigroaeneus the head of the minor worker is trapezoidal, widened at the back, only a little longer than wide). Pronotum less wide and less bordered at the front. Profile of the basal face weakly but distinctly concave (depressed). More glossy, especially the gaster, node and thorax; sculpture, punctation and pubescence weaker. ALL the rest is identical: pilosity, color, general sculpture, form of the node etc.
N S Wales: Blue mountains, Mt Victoria (Biro).
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 111, combination in C. (Myrmaphyma))
- Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 34, worker described)