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Camponotus barbarossa
| Camponotus barbarossa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. barbarossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus barbarossa Emery, 1920
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| Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Nigeria.
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. |
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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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- barbarossa. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) arminius subsp. barbarossa Emery, 1920c: 26 (s.w.q.) CAMEROON.
- [Camponotus barbarossa Forel, 1910e: 457, Forel, 1912i: 92, Forel, 1914a: 273. Nomina nuda.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 142;
- combination in C. (Myrmopelta): Santschi, 1926a: 21.
- Subspecies of arminius: Emery, 1925b: 142.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1924: 720; Santschi, 1926a: 21; Santschi, 1926c: 603; Santschi, 1930b: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus micipsa, sulcatinasis.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 26, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 142, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 457, Camponotus barbarossa, nomina nuda)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Camponotus barbarossa, nomina nuda)
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 21, combination in C. (Myrmopelta), and raised to species)
- Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 603, combination in C. (Myrmopelta), and raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Santschi, F. "Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37 (1930): 53-81.