Camponotus vestitus

Camponotus vestitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. vestitus
Binomial name
	Camponotus vestitus; (Smith, F., 1858) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Camponotus vestitus anthracinus Santschi, 1930; Camponotus vestitus bombycinus Santschi, 1930; Camponotus vestitus comptus Santschi, 1926; Camponotus vestitus intuens Santschi, 1926; Camponotus vestitus lujai Santschi, 1930; Camponotus vestitus pectitus Santschi, 1930; Camponotus vestitus perpectitus Santschi, 1926; Camponotus vestitus strophiatus Santschi, 1926;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.63333° to -34.41667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

vestitus. Formica vestita Smith, F. 1858b: 32 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Arnold, 1924: 694 (s.w.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
- combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Emery, 1925b: 106.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1907g: 89; Forel, 1910c: 272; Forel, 1910e: 457; Forel, 1910f: 25; Forel, 1913h: 355; Forel, 1914d: 254.
- Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Emery, 1894i: 47; Emery, 1895h: 49 (in key); Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Forel, 1907e: 16; Santschi, 1911g: 212; Santschi, 1914d: 381; Santschi, 1914e: 41; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 969; Stitz, 1923: 165; Arnold, 1924: 694; Santschi, 1925h: 166; Emery, 1925b: 106.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 422; Roger, 1863b: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 214; Santschi, 1926b: 258; Santschi, 1930a: 74; Santschi, 1930b: 57; Santschi, 1937d: 242; Bernard, 1953b: 262; Bolton, 1995b: 129.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus anthracinus, bombycinus, comptus, intuens, lujai, pectitus, perpectitus, strophiatus.

Description

References

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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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