Camponotus gilviceps

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Camponotus gilviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. gilviceps
Binomial name
Camponotus gilviceps
Roger, 1863

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.033333333° to 4.033333333°.

 
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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Nomenclature

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

  • ruficeps. Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54 (s.w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
    • [Misspelled as reficeps by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224.]
    • [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1862c: 285;
    • combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1886c: 354.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 420; Roger, 1862c: 285.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3.
  • gilviceps. Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, 44.
    • Replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54. [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
    • Forel, 1886f: 171 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224;
    • combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 131.
    • Junior synonym of misturus: Emery, 1925b: 135.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1867a: 37 (redescription); Mayr, 1879: 646; Forel, 1886f: 171; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 232; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 702; Forel, 1909b: 57; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 118; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 102; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
    • Senior synonym of distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F).
    • Senior synonym of smithi (unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F.): Bolton, 1995b: 102.
  • distinguenda. Formica distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305 (w.) BORNEO (no state data).
    • [Note: type-locality probably East Malaysia: Sarawak, as collector was A.R. Wallace.]
    • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica distinguenda Spinola, 1851a: 235.]
    • Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54, and Smith, F. 1858b: 24.]
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 253 (error).
    • Junior synonym of Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3 (first replacement name).
  • smithi. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) smithi Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241.
    • Unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54; hence junior synonym of gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, the first replacement name: Bolton, 1995b: 124.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica ruficeps

Two worker syntypes (one major, one minor) in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR. 19”

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
  • Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
  • Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
  • Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
  • Itino T., and S. Yamane. The vertical distribution of ants on canopy trees in a Bornean lowland rainf forest. Tropics 4(2/3): 277-281.
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
  • Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
  • Yamane S.; Nona, A. R. 1994. Ants from Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak. Pp. 222-226 in: Inoue, T.; Hamid, A. A. (eds.) 1994. Plant reproductive systems and animal seasonal dynamics. Long-term study of dipterocarp forests in Sarawak. Kyoto: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, vii + 255 pp.