Camponotus horni

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Camponotus horni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. horni
Binomial name
Camponotus horni
Clark, 1930

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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

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Images from AntWeb

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Specimen code antweb1008146. .

Nomenclature

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

  • horni. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) horni Clark, 1930c: 20 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory) (attributed to Kirby).
    • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Camponotus horni Kirby, W.F. 1896: 205 (Bolton, 1995b: 103).]
    • Status as species: Shattuck, 1993: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 103; McArthur, 2014: 168 (incorrectly attributed to Kirby).

Type Material

  • Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) horni Clark, 1930: Lectotype, worker, Palm Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
  • Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) horni Clark, 1930: Paralectotype, 3 workers, Palm Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
  • Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) horni Clark, 1930: Paralectotype, 1 worker, Palm Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  • Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) horni Clark, 1930: Paralectotype, 2 workers, Palm Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

Description

References

  • Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 20, queen described)
  • Shattuck, S. O. 1993a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7: 113-149 (page 128, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dias R. K. S. 2002. Current knowledge on ants of Sri Lanka. ANeT Newsletter 4: 17- 21.
  • Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.