Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus

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Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Phasmomyrmex
Species: C. polyrhachioides
Subspecies: C. polyrhachioides cupreus
Trinomial name
Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus
(Santschi, 1923)

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Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: 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

Nomenclature

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

  • cupreus. Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis) paradoxus var. cupreus Santschi, 1923e: 293 (w.) CONGO.
    • Combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
    • Subspecies of paradoxus: Bolton, 1995b: 316.
    • Subspecies of polyrhachioides: unpublished.

Description

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