Calomyrmex tropicus

Calomyrmex tropicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Calomyrmex
Species:	C. tropicus
Binomial name
Calomyrmex tropicus (Smith, F., 1861) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• tropicus. Formica tropica Smith, F. 1861b: 37 (w.) INDONESIA (Halmahera).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465, cites 1w OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Gilolo (= Halmahera I.), “Gil.” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Calomyrmex: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 421; Smith, F. 1871a: 308; Dalla Torre, 1893: 213; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Halmahera).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica tropica

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Gil.” (Gilolo I., = Halmahera).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 465, combination in Calomyrmex)
• Smith, F. 1861b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 6: 36-48 (page 37, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Smith F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6: 36-48.
• Smith F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6:36-48.