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Camponotus herculeanus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica herculeana was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Camponotus herculeanus by Böcher (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Formica herculeana Linnaeus p. 579
1761Formica herculeana Linnaeus p. 426
1763Formica herculeana Scopoli p. 312 fig. 832
1767Formica herculeana Linnaeus p. 962
1775Formica herculeana Fabricius p. 391
1776Formica herculeana Müller p. 166
1995Camponotus herculeanus Böcher p. 50 fig. 27c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeCamponotini
genusCamponotusMayr 1861
speciesherculeanus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Camponotus herculeanus (160109 160144 160145 160159 160163)