Tapinoma tomentosa

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Tapinoma tomentosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus senex)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Tapinoma tomentosa
Norton, 1868

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tomentosa. Tapinoma tomentosa Norton, 1868a: 60, pl. 2, fig. 2 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Camponotus: Norton, 1868c: 3. Junior synonym of senex: Emery, 1892b: 167.

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