Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi

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Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus transvaalensis arnoldi
Prins, 1965

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi.

Nomenclature

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

  • arnoldi. Camponotus transvaalensis subsp. arnoldi Prins, 1965a: 156, figs. 6-10 (s.w.) ZIMBABWE. Unresolved junior primary homonym of arnoldi Forel, above: Bolton, 1995b: 86. Replacement name: prinsi Özdikmen, 2010a: 535.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
  • Prins, A. J. 1965a. Notes on African Formicidae (Hymenoptera) - 1. J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 27: 153-159 (page 156, figs. 6-10 soldier, worker described)