Camponotus sylvaticus sylvaticoaethiops

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Camponotus sylvaticus sylvaticoaethiops
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus aethiops)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus sylvaticus sylvaticoaethiops
Forel, 1874

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sylvaticoaethiops. Camponotus sylvaticus var. sylvaticoaethiops Forel, 1874: 39 (w.q.m.) SWITZERLAND. Subspecies of aethiops: Dalla Torre, 1893: 221. Junior synonym of marginata: Forel, 1915d: 70.

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