Camponotus auropubens argentopubens

Camponotus auropubens argentopubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species group:	grandidieri
Species:	C. auropubens
Subspecies:	C. auropubens argentopubens
Trinomial name
Camponotus auropubens argentopubens Santschi, 1915

Identification

A member of the Camponotus grandidieri species group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• argentopubens. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens st. argentopubens Santschi, 1915c: 268 (in key).
  • [First available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. auropubens var. argentopubens Forel, 1909b: 66 (q.) ANGOLA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • [Misspelled as argenteopubens by Emery, 1925b: 131.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 979.
  • Subspecies of auropubens: Santschi, 1930b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 86.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
• Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 66, First available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. auropubens var. argentopubens; unavailable name.)
• Rakotonirina, J.C., Csosz, S., Fisher, B.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238: 203–245 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2).
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 268, queen described)