Camponotus herculeanus
Camponotus herculeanus (or Hercules ant) is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus.[1] First described as Formica herculeana by Linnaeus in 1758,[2] the species was moved to Camponotus by Mayr in 1861.[3]
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| Camponotus herculeanus worker | |
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| Species: | C. herculeanus |
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| Camponotus herculeanus | |
References
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Camponotus herculeanus". AntCat. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- Linnaeus, Carolus (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata (in Latin). Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). p. 579.
- Mayr, G. (1861). Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp.
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