Camponotus discors laetus

Camponotus discors laetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. discors
Subspecies:	C. discors laetus
Trinomial name
Camponotus discors laetus Emery, 1925

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Camponotus species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.55° to -19.55°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

• laetus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors var. laeta Emery, 1925b: 102.
  • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. discors var. laeta Forel, 1910b: 70 (s.) AUSTRALIA (“Australie centrale”); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1914b: 180; Forel, 1915b: 99; Emery, 1920c: 8.

Type Material

• Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 7 workers, 2 queens, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 1 worker, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 6 workers, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, South Australian Museum.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 107, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 102, soldier described)
• Taylor, R. W. 1986. The quadrinominal infrasubspecific names of Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Gen. Appl. Entomol. 18: 33-37 (page 34, First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. discors var. laeta; unavailable name.)