Camponotus nitidiceps

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Camponotus nitidiceps
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus peseshus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus nitidiceps
Viehmeyer, 1925

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus peseshus.

Nomenclature

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

  • nitidiceps. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1925b: 141 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of nitidiceps Viehmeyer, above.] Replacement name: peseshus Bolton, 1995b: 117.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 117, Replacement name: peseshus, catalogue)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1925b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Schluss.). Entomol. Mitt. 14: 139-149 (page 141, soldier, worker, queen described)