Camponotites flarex Fisher, 2025

Fisher, Brian L., 2025, Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 1256, pp. 81-113 : 81-113

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:022D48B6-D029-470F-907D-96134B37CE80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17370069

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EFCDB691-C0E9-5B1F-A7A1-E2A8310EF1A9

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Camponotites flarex Fisher
status

nom. nov.

B 4. Camponotites flarex Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Camponotus pictus Zhang et al., 1994: 8 (fossil) (current combination Camponotites pictus ), junior primary homonym of Camponotus ligniperdus var. pictus Forel, 1886 , junior synonym of Camponotus novaeboracensis ( Fitch, 1855) .

Type locality.

China: Shanwang Basin (fossil locality, Miocene).

Type material.

Fossil imprint, registration number K 0174 (original description did not specify an institutional repository; depository remains unknown). Validity is based on the published description and illustrations, which allow recognition of the taxon and justify replacement under ICZN Article 60.

Type depository.

Unspecified.

Etymology.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Camponotites