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Camponotus brevisetosus
| Camponotus brevisetosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. brevisetosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus brevisetosus Forel, 1910
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -24.53333° to -30.27417°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0235241. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brevisetosus. Camponotus fulvopilosus subsp. brevisetosus Forel, 1910f: 25 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: workers South Africa: Natal (G.D. Haviland) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 38; no lectotype designated), queen South Africa: Cape Prov. (F. Wilms).
- Type-depository: MHNG, MNHU.
- Combination in C. (Myrmopiromis): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 986.
- Subspecies of fulvopilosus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 986; Arnold, 1924: 740; Emery, 1925b: 128.
- Status as species: Robertson, 1990: 327; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Robertson & Zachariades, 1997: 3 (redescription).
- Distribution: South Africa.
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)
- Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 25, worker, queen described)
- Robertson, H. G. 1990. Unravelling the Camponotus fulvopilosus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 327-328 in: Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B., Viraktamath, C. A. (eds.) Social insects and the environment. Proceedings of the 11th International Con (page 327, raised to species)
- 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 986, combination in C. (Myrmopiromis))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 675-766.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Robertson H. G. and C. Zachariades. 1997. Revision of the Camponotus fulvopilosus (De Geer) species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). African Entomology 5: 1-18
- 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