Camponotus maguassa

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Camponotus maguassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. maguassa
Binomial name
Camponotus maguassa
Wheeler, W.M., 1922

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.333333333° to 1.316667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus maguassaWorker. Specimen code casent0912002. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • maguassa. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maguassa Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 237 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 110.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 110, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 237, soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection