Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca

Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus immaculatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus quadrimaculatus opaca; Emery, 1899

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

Nomenclature

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

opaca. Camponotus quadrimaculatus var. opaca Emery, 1899f: 290 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Formica opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55.]
- Subspecies of quadrimaculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1047.
- Replacement name: Camponotus (Mayria) quadrimaculatus var. opacata Emery, 1925b: 123.
- Junior synonym of immaculatus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 111.