Camponotus nasutus fenestralis

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Camponotus nasutus fenestralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nasutus
Subspecies: C. nasutus fenestralis
Trinomial name
Camponotus nasutus fenestralis
Santschi, 1937

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Namibia (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

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Nomenclature

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

  • fenestralis. Camponotus (Myrmespera) nasutus var. fenestralis Santschi, 1937a: 65 (w.q.) NAMIBIA.
    • Type-material:1 syntype worker, 2 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Namibia (“SW Africa”): W Maltahohe, 1500 m., 12.xii.1936 (K. Jordan) (received from Donisthorpe).
    • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also BMNH).
    • Subspecies of nasutus: Bolton, 1995b: 99.
    • Distribution: Namibia.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 99, catalogue)
  • Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 47-66 (page 65, worker, queen described)