Camponotus solon chiton

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Camponotus solon chiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. solon
Subspecies: C. solon chiton
Trinomial name
Camponotus solon chiton
Emery, 1925

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Specimen Labels

Taylor et al. (2018) treated this taxon as a full species but provided no justification for this change in status. This proposal has not been followed by subsequent authors.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Nigeria, Senegal (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.

  • chiton. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon var. chiton Emery, 1925b: 100.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. solon var. chilon Forel, 1901h: 68 (s.w.q.) SENEGAL; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • [Misspelled as chilon by Santschi, 1937b: 103.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1911e: 288; Santschi, 1914d: 379; Emery, 1920c: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959.
    • Subspecies of solon: Santschi, 1937b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 92.

Taxonomic Notes

Taylor et al. (2018): Forel (1901): Camponotus maculatus F. r. solon Forel v. Chilon n. var., no locality, MARTIENSEN, a queen but not associated with any workers. New status here as Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilon Emery, 1925: 100 (listed as Camponotus solon Forel, var. chilon), type CASENT0910267. Note: chilon was the Forel spelling. Santschi (1937) had it as “solon v. chilon”, which is the spelling on the CASENT0910267 label.

Description

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