Calomyrmex splendidus

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Calomyrmex splendidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Calomyrmex
Species: C. splendidus
Binomial name
Calomyrmex splendidus
(Mayr, 1876)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.591208° to -26.591208°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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

Images from AntWeb

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903477. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • splendidus. Camponotus splendidus Mayr, 1876: 61 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Forel, 1910b: 82 (q.m.).
    • Combination in Calomyrmex: Emery, 1896d: 378.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Forel, 1910b: 82; Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 820; Emery, 1925b: 175; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus mutans, viridiventris.

Type Material

Description

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