Camponotus bellus

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Camponotus bellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. bellus
Binomial name
Camponotus bellus
Forel, 1908

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Singapore.

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.
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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.

  • ornatus. Camponotus ornatus Forel, 1907a: 36 (s.) INDONESIA (Ambon I.).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus ruficeps var. ornatus Emery, 1894c: 173.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus bellus Forel, 1908c: 404.
  • bellus. Camponotus bellus Forel, 1908c: 404.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus ornatus Forel, 1907a: 36. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus ruficeps var. ornatus Emery, 1894c: 173.]
    • Forel, 1912n: 65 (q.); Viehmeyer, 1916a: 158 (w.m.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258;
    • combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Santschi, 1921f: 311;
    • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912a: 90; Emery, 1925b: 138.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1912n: 65; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 158; Emery, 1925b: 138; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 230; Bolton, 1995b: 88; McArthur, 2012: 96.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
  • Forel A. 1912. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15: 51-78.
  • Latumahina F., M. Borovanska, N. S. Putra, and M. Janda. 2015. Ants of Ambon Island – diversity survey and checklist. ZooKeys 472: 43–57.
  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.