Camponotus britteni

Camponotus britteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. britteni
Binomial name
Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931 Specimen Labels

This species was described from introduced specimens and its relationships to other species needs revision (Borowiec, 2014).

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus britteni. Worker. Specimen code casent0903600. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus britteni. Worker. Specimen code casent0903600. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• britteni. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) britteni Donisthorpe, 1931a: 129 (s.w.) UNITED KINGDOM.
  • Type-material: 9 syntype major workers, 2 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, iv.1930, v.1930, in the woodwork of a ship (C.H. Murray).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 89; Borowiec, L. 2014: 27.
  • Distribution: United Kingdom (England).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Donisthorpe, H. 1931b. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) britteni, sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a formicine ant new to science. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(8): 129-131 (page 129, soldier,worker described)