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Camponotus arcuatus aesopus
| Camponotus arcuatus aesopus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. arcuatus |
| Subspecies: | C. arcuatus aesopus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus arcuatus aesopus Forel, 1907 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
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.
- aesopus. Camponotus arcuatus var. aesopus Forel, 1907h: 302 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Stat. 91, Mt Robinson, nr Kalgoorlie, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Note: holotype originally in Hamburg Museum, probably destroyed in World War II (Taylor & Brown, 1985: 110.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110.
- Subspecies of arcuatus: Emery, 1925b: 110; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 110; Taylor, 1987a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 84; McArthur, 2014: 118.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, probably destroyed in ZMHB (Berlin) in WW II, Mt. Robinson near Kalgoorlie, Western Ausstralia, Australia.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker minor Length 3.8mm. Strongly glossy, wrinkles not thick very shallow. Thorax even wider than the type. Pronotum width is greater than twice its length. The sides of the head are very straight and even more compressed than the type especially behind the eyes where the head is even more bordered. Pubescence over the whole body is a short very scattered insignificant. Otherwise like the type, which however is very dull, reticulate with a very obvious pubescence.
Station 91, Mt. Robinson near Kalgoolie W A. The Species type comes from Queensland.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 110, combination in C. (Myrmophyma))
- Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 302, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 110, subspecies of arcuatus)