Camponotus spenceri

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Camponotus spenceri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus fieldeae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus spenceri
Clark, 1930

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • reticulatus. Camponotus reticulatus Kirby, W.F. 1896: 204 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863a: 139.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) spenceri Clark, 1930c: 18.
  • spenceri. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) spenceri Clark, 1930c: 18.
    • [Misspelled as spenseri by McArthur, 2007a: 296.]
    • Replacement name for Camponotus reticulatus Kirby, W.F. 1896: 204. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863a: 139.]
    • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 119; Taylor, 1987a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 124; McArthur, 2007a: 329; McArthur, 2010: 100; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38 (error); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30 (error); McArthur, 2014: 94.
    • Junior synonym of fieldeae: Heterick, 2021: 18.
    • [Note: Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38, and Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30, include spenceri Clark in error as a species of Borneo and China, respectively; spenceri is the replacement name for reticulatus Kirby, W.F. 1896 (Australia), not for reticulatus Roger, 1863a (Oriental region).]

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