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Camponotus
Taxonomy
Camponotus was named by Mayr (1861). It is extant.
It was assigned to Formicidae by Scudder (1877); to Formicinae by Dlussky (1981); to Myrmicinae by Hong and Wang (1985); and to Camponotini by Wheeler (1915) and Bolton (2012).
It was assigned to Formicidae by Scudder (1877); to Formicinae by Dlussky (1981); to Myrmicinae by Hong and Wang (1985); and to Camponotini by Wheeler (1915) and Bolton (2012).
Species
C. (Colobopsis), C. ambon, C. ampullosus, C. brodiei, C. compactus, C. curviansatus, C. festinatus (syn. Palaeosminthurus juliae), C. festinus, C. fuscipennis, C. gracilis, C. heracleus, C. induratus, C. lignitus, C. longiventris, C. longus, C. luteus, C. mengei (syn. C. igneus), C. microcephalus, C. microthoracus, C. mitis, C. novotnyi, C. obesus, C. oeningensis, C. palaeopterus, C. penninervis, C. petrifactus, C. pictus, C. pinguiculus, C. pinguis, C. plenus, C. shanwangensis, C. theobaldi (syn. C. saussurei), C. ullrichi, C. vehemens (syn. C. miserabilis), C. vetus
Sister genera
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Camponotus Mayr |
| 1877 | Camponotus Scudder p. 742 |
| 1915 | Camponotus Wheeler |
| 1962 | Palaeosminthurus Pierce and Gibron p. 146 |
| 1981 | Camponotus Dlussky |
| 1985 | Camponotus Hong and Wang p. 20 |
| 1989 | Shanwangella Zhang p. 437 |
| 2001 | Palaeosminthurus Park and Downing p. 179 |
| 2012 | Camponotus Bolton |
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