Camponotus braunsi erythromelus

Camponotus braunsi erythromelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. braunsi
Subspecies:	C. braunsi erythromelus
Trinomial name
Camponotus braunsi erythromelus Emery, 1896 Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 7.28° to 4°.

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.

• erythromelus. Camponotus erythromelus Emery, 1896i: 158, fig. (w.) SOMALIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Somalia: Lugh (V. Bottego) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, 1922a: 971; no lectotype designated), Somalia: from Matagoi to Lugh (V. Bottego).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Misspelled as erythroderus by Menozzi, 1939c: 108.]
  • Menozzi, 1927f: 361 (q.).
  • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1914b: 135;
  • combination in C. (Myrmisolepis): Emery, 1925b: 134; Santschi, 1926b: 262.
  • Subspecies of braunsi: Emery, 1897e: 605; Emery, 1898a: 227; Emery, 1899a: 501; Santschi, 1914b: 135; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 971; Emery, 1925b: 134; Santschi, 1926c: 618; Menozzi, 1927f: 361; Menozzi, 1930b: 118; Menozzi, 1939c: 108; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 98; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1896i [1897]. Formiche raccolte dal Cap. V. Bottego nella regione dei Somali. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 37[=(2(17): 153-160 (page 158, fig. worker described)
• Emery, C. 1897f. Formiche raccolte da Don Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli, durante l'ultimo suo viaggio nelle regioni dei Somali e dei Galla. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 595-605 (page 605, subspecies of braunsi)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 134, combination in C. (Myrmisolepis))
• Menozzi, C. 1927f. 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 or (page 361, queen described)
• 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 135, combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
• 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 135, subspecies of braunsi)
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 262, combination in C. (Myrmisolepis))
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. 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. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 971, subspecies of braunsi)