Calomyrmex impavidus

Calomyrmex impavidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Calomyrmex
Species:	C. impavidus
Binomial name
Calomyrmex impavidus (Forel, 1893) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.41666667° to -31.9652°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• impavidus. Camponotus impavidus Forel, 1893d: 455 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Port Darwin (J.J. Walker).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 220 (l.).
  • Combination in Calomyrmex: Emery, 1896d: 378.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Kirby, W.F. 1896: 203; Emery, 1925b: 175; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 108; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Camponotus impavidus Forel, 1893: Syntype, worker(s), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, 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)
• Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 455, worker described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1968a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61: 205-222 (page 220, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
• Andersen A. N., and H. Reichel. 1994. The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of Holmes Jungle, a rainforest patch in the seasonal tropics of Australia's Northern Territory. Aust. Ent. Soc. 33. 153-158.
• Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
• Reichel H., and A. N. Andersen. 1996. The rainforest ant fauna of Australia's Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 81-95.
• 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.