Camponotus auropubens jacob

Camponotus auropubens jacob
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 Specimen Label

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

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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.

Castes

Worker

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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.

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)