Camponotus bottegoi

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 0.292° to 0.29°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Somalia (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.

• bottegoi. Camponotus bottegoi Emery, 1895a: 181 (s.w.q.) SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 2 syntype queens.
  • Type-localities: Somalia: Lower Ganana, 1892-93 (V. Bottego) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 977; no lectotype designated), Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Boran Galla, 1892-93 (V. Bottego), Ethiopia: Ganale, 1892-93 (V. Bottego), 1 queen Somalia: Obbia (L. Bricchetti-Robecchi).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
  • combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1914b: 136.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1914a: 267; Santschi, 1914b: 136; Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 977; Emery, 1925b: 131; Menozzi, 1927f: 361; Menozzi, 1930b: 119; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1895b. Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Risultati zoologici. X. Formiche. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 35[=(2(15): 175-184 (page 181, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 136, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Menozzi C. 1927. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte I. Formiche raccolte dal Marchese Saverio Patrizi nella Somalia italiana ed in alcune località dell'Africa orientale inglese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 356-362.
• Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
• Menozzi C., M. Consani. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11: 57-71.
• 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