Camponotus pseudolus

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Camponotus pseudolus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus mendax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus pseudolus
Forel, 1907

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pseudolus. Camponotus pseudolus Forel, 1907a: 31.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 125.
    • Unnecessary replacement name for mendax Forel, 1895e: 454; hence junior synonym of mendax: Bolton, 1995b: 118.

References

  • Forel, A. 1895f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472 (page 454, Unnecessary replacement name for mendax, and hence its junior synonym.)
  • Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 31, Camponotus)