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Calomyrmex splendidus mutans
| Calomyrmex splendidus mutans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Calomyrmex |
| Species: | C. splendidus |
| Subspecies: | C. splendidus mutans |
| Trinomial name | |
| Calomyrmex splendidus mutans (Forel, 1910) | |
Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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.
- mutans. Camponotus (Calomyrmex) splendidus var. mutans Forel, 1910b: 83 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Tennant Creek (J.F. Field).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Calomyrmex: Emery, 1925b: 175.
- Subspecies of splendidus: Emery, 1925b: 175; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Camponotus (Calomyrmex) splendidus mutans Forel, 1910: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 175, combination in Calomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 83, worker, queen described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 109, subspecies of splendidus)