Camponotus aequitas

Camponotus aequitas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. aequitas
Binomial name
Camponotus aequitas Santschi, 1920 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -29.13333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa, Zimbabwe (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.

• aequitas. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) aequitas Santschi, 1920d: 387, fig. 16 (s.w.q.m.) ZIMBABWE.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype males (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Santschi, 1921f: 311;
  • combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1926c: 599.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 991; Arnold, 1924: 703; Emery, 1925b: 141; Santschi, 1926c: 599; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
  • Distribution: Zimbabwe.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)

• Santschi, F. 1920d [1919]. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 88: 361-390 (page 387, fig. 16 soldier, worker, queen, male described)

• Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 61: 310-312 (page 311, combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))

• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 599, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection