Camponotus atriscapus

Camponotus atriscapus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. atriscapus
Binomial name
Camponotus atriscapus Santschi, 1926 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

• atriscapus. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) atriscapa Santschi, 1926c: 614 (w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Equateur Dist., viii.1921 (L. Burgeon).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 87.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 87, catalogue)
• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 614, worker, male described)