Camponotus auropubens jacob
Camponotus auropubens jacob | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species group: | grandidieri |
Species: | C. auropubens |
Subspecies: | C. auropubens jacob |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus auropubens jacob Santschi, 1915 |
Identification
A member of the Camponotus grandidieri species group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -20.16667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (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
Worker
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- jacob. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens var. jacob Santschi, 1915c: 275 (s.w.) MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Mozambique: Pongué valley, Guengera, 1906 (G. Vasse) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 979; no lectotype designated), Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, 1912 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
- Arnold, 1924: 730 (q.).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 979.
- Subspecies of auropubens: Arnold, 1924: 729; Emery, 1925b: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
- Distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Rakotonirina, J.C., Csosz, S., Fisher, B.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238: 203–245 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2).
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 275, worker described)