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Camponotus basuto
| Camponotus basuto | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. basuto |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus basuto Arnold, 1958
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.625° to -29.375°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Lesotho (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.
- basuto. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) basuto Arnold, 1958: 125, figs. 6, 6a-c (s.w.) LESOTHO.
- Type-material: holotype major worker, paratype major (?) and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Lesotho (“Basutoland”): Molepi (= Mopeli) stream, 8400 ft (G. Arnold); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: SAMC (holotype); BMNH, SAMC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Distribution: Lesotho.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1958. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 13. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. B. Nat. Sci. 3: 119-143. (page 125, fig. 6 soldier, worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1958. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 13. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. B. Natural Sciences. 3: 119-143.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection