Camponotus bianconii

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Camponotus bianconii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. bianconii
Binomial name
Camponotus bianconii
Emery, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Two contemporary collections of C. bianconii provide the sum of what is known about its biology: Table Mountain National Park, fynbos, under the bark of a dead tree and specimens found within a dead branch in a coastal milkwood forest.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.
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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.

  • bianconii. Camponotus bianconii Emery, 1895h: 52 (s.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: holotype major worker.
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Town, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Forel, 1914a: 267; Arnold, 1922: 652; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 949; Emery, 1925b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Emery 1895i, page 52.
Emery 1895i, page 53.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 579-674.
  • Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004