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Camponotus auropubens argentopubens
| Camponotus auropubens argentopubens | |
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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 argentopubens |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus auropubens argentopubens Santschi, 1915 | |
Identification
A member of the Camponotus grandidieri species group.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (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.
- argentopubens. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) auropubens st. argentopubens Santschi, 1915c: 268 (in key).
- [First available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. auropubens var. argentopubens Forel, 1909b: 66 (q.) ANGOLA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Angola: Benguela (C. Wellman).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as argenteopubens by Emery, 1925b: 131.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 979.
- Subspecies of auropubens: Santschi, 1930b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
- Distribution: Angola.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 66, First available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. auropubens var. argentopubens; unavailable name.)
- 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 268, queen described)