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Camponotus foleyi subsp. cybira Fisher 2025, nom. nov.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA

Description

D 2.

Camponotus foleyi cybiraFisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) foleyi subsp. rufescens Bernard, 1953: 190, junior secondary homonym of Dendromyrmex fabricii var. rufescens Wheeler, 1916: 13 (current combination Camponotus fabricii rufescens), junior synonym of Camponotus nidulans (Smith, 1860 c: 69).

Type locality.

Libya: Fezzân, El Abiod.

Type material.

Syntype major workers.

Type depository.

MNHN.

Etymology.

Arbitrary combination of letters, treated as a noun in apposition.

Notes

Published as part of Fisher, Brian L., 2025, Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 81-113 in ZooKeys 1256 on pages 81-113, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fisher
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Camponotus
Species
cybira
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic status
nom. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Camponotus foleyi subsp. cybira Fisher, 2025

References

  • Bernard F (1953) Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. In: Bernard F (Ed.) Mission Scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949) (Vol. I). Recherches zoologiques et medicales. P. Lechevalier, Paris, 121-250.
  • Wheeler WM (1916) Ants collected in British Guiana by the expedition of the American Museum of Natural History during 1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35: 1-14.