Camponotus barbaricus xanthomelas

Camponotus barbaricus xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. barbaricus
Subspecies:	C. barbaricus xanthomelas
Trinomial name
Camponotus barbaricus xanthomelas Emery, 1905

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.6125° to 32.172222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

• xanthomelas. Camponotus maculatus subsp. xanthomelas Emery, 1905d: 34 (s.w.q.) ALGERIA, TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Algeria: Djebel Ozmor, nr Tebessa, 1380 m., iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: Mts nr Souk Ahras, 1600 m., iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel), Tunisia: Ghardimaou, iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel).
  • [Note: this taxon is based on specimens of dichrous André, sensu Forel, 1890a: lxv, misidentification.]
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Cagniant, 1970c: 32 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 101.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1908a: 197; Forel, 1909e: 375; Stitz, 1917: 352.
  • Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 101; Ceballos, 1956: 314.
  • Subspecies of barbaricus: Cagniant, 1968a: 145; Cagniant, 1970c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 130.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.

References

• Cagniant, H. 1970c. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie, récoltées principalement en forêt (Deuxième partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 106: 28-40 (page 32, queen, male described)
• Cagniant, H. 1970c. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie, récoltées principalement en forêt (Deuxième partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 106: 28-40 (page 32, Subspecies of barbaricus)
• Emery, C. 1905g. Le forme paleartiche del Camponotus maculatus F. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 9: 27-44 (page 34, soldier, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 7, Subspecies of sylvaticus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 101, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))