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Camponotus brevicollis
| Camponotus brevicollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. brevicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus brevicollis Stitz, 1916 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (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.
- brevicollis. Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) brevicollis Stitz, 1916: 401, fig. 13 (w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Congo (“French Congo”): Fort Possel to Fort Crampel, xi.1910 (Schubotz).
- Type-depository: Zoological Museum Hamburg (Stitz, 1916: 371).
- [Note: Hamburg Zoological Museum was destroyed in World War II; holotype perhaps MNHU.]
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 84.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 962; Emery, 1925b: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 89.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 84, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 401, fig. 13 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Stitz H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1: 369-405.