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Camponotus caesar imperator
| Camponotus caesar imperator | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. caesar |
| Subspecies: | C. caesar imperator |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus caesar imperator Emery, 1899
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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. |
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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.
- imperator. Camponotus caesar subsp. imperator Emery, 1899e: 503, fig. (w.) CAMEROON.
- Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Santschi, 1920g: 180;
- combination in C. (Myrmoxygenys): Emery, 1925b: 170.
- Subspecies of caesar: Stitz, 1910: 149; Stitz, 1911b: 391; Santschi, 1920g: 180; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 244, 962; Emery, 1925b: 70; Bernard, 1953b: 260; Bolton, 1995b: 104.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 503, fig. worker described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 170, Combination in C. (Myrmoxygenys))