Calomyrmex albopilosus

Calomyrmex albopilosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Calomyrmex
Species:	C. albopilosus
Binomial name
Calomyrmex albopilosus (Mayr, 1876) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Calomyrmex albopilosus wienandsi Forel, 1910

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.81666667° to -16.81666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code antweb1008140. .

Specimen code antweb1008141. .

Worker. Specimen code casent0906856. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Syntype of Calomyrmex albopilosus. Worker. Specimen code casent0910756. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Calomyrmex albopilosus wienandsi. Worker. Specimen code casent0910757. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• albopilosus. Camponotus albopilosus Mayr, 1876: 61 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia (“eastern New Holland”): Queensland, Rockhampton (no collector’s name), Australia: Queensland, Peak Downs (no collector’s name), Australia: Queensland, Gayndah (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 200 (l.).
  • Combination in Calomyrmex: Emery, 1896d: 378.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Forel, 1915b: 106; Emery, 1925b: 175; Clark, 1928b: 170; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 108; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
  • Distribution: Australia.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus wienandsi.

Type Material

• Camponotus albopilosus Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 5 workers, 2 queens, 1 male, Rockhampton, Peak Downs and Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 378, combination in Calomyrmex)
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 61, worker, queen, male described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953e. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 46: 175-217 (page 200, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.