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Camponotus britteni
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. britteni |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931
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This species was described from introduced specimens and its relationships to other species needs revision (Borowiec, 2014).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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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Biology
Castes
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| Syntype of Camponotus britteni. Worker. Specimen code casent0903600. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
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| Syntype of Camponotus britteni. Worker. Specimen code casent0903600. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- britteni. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) britteni Donisthorpe, 1931a: 129 (s.w.) GREAT BRITAIN (on ship, Liverpool).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 89; Borowiec, L. 2014: 27.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1931b. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) britteni, sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a formicine ant new to science. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(8): 129-131 (page 129, soldier,worker described)