Camponotus angusticollis

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Camponotus angusticollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. angusticollis
Binomial name
Camponotus angusticollis
(Jerdon, 1851)

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Subspecies
Synonyms

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 13.72333333° to 11.83333333°.

 
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Nepal, Sri Lanka.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a prey for the tiger beetle Cicindela whithilli (a predator) in Western Ghats, India (Sinu et al., 2006).
  • This species is a host for the fungus Pandora formicae (a pathogen) in India (Baiswar & Firake, 2022).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • angusticollis. Formica angusticollis Jerdon, 1851: 120 (w.q.) INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala; “Malabar”).
    • [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 104.]
    • [Misspelled as augusticollis by Mayr, 1872: 133.]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
    • combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1913d: 438;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 89.
    • Junior synonym of Dinomyrmex gigas: Smith, F. 1858b: 14; Mayr, 1863: 399; Mayr, 1872: 133.
    • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 3, 44; Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1893f: 250; Emery, 1895k: 478; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 366; Forel, 1908a: 8; Forel, 1912n: 67; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Mukerjee, 1930: 158; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 457; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229; Collingwood, 1970: 381; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 352; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 23.
    • Senior synonym of ardens: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37.
    • Senior synonym of impetuosa: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37.
    • Senior synonym of prismaticus: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 38.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus sanguinolentus.
  • ardens. Formica ardens Smith, F. 1858b: 17 (q.) INDIA (no state data, “India (Deccan)” )
    • [Note: the Deccan Plateau extends over several Indian states.]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 411; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 304.
    • Junior synonym of angusticollis: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 86; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37.
  • impetuosa. Formica impetuosa Smith, F. 1858b: 18 (w.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 416; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 304.
    • Junior synonym of ardens: Mayr, 1886c: 353.
    • Junior synonym of angusticollis: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37.
  • prismaticus. Camponotus prismaticus Mayr, 1862: 669 (s.w.) BORNEO (no state data, “Aus Ostindien und Borneo”).
    • [Misspelled as prismatiens by Bingham, 1903: 366.]
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 400; Smith, F. 1871a: 306.
    • Junior synonym of egregius: Roger, 1863b: 3, 44; Forel, 1879a: 89; Forel, 1891b: 22.
    • Junior synonym of angusticollis: Forel, 1892j: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; Emery, 1925b: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 118; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 38.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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