Camponotus similis
Camponotus similis | |
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Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus sklarus) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | Camponotus similis Donisthorpe, 1933 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus sklarus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- similis. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) similis Donisthorpe, 1933b: 198 (s.w.) MYANMAR.
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus similis Mayr, 1876: 61.]
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943b: 203; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 250; Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 223 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 71; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27 (error).
- [Note: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27, incorrectly enter this taxon as Calomyrmex similis (Mayr), a strictly Australian species; the replacement name sklarus is omitted from their list.]
- Replacement name: Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995b: 124.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, new name: sklarus, catalogue)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1933b. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(11): 194-198 (page 198, soldier, worker described)