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Camponotus buchholzi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. buchholzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus buchholzi Mayr, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus buchholzi. Worker. Specimen code casent0910564. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- buchholzi. Camponotus buchholzi Mayr, 1902: 297 (s.w.q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Cameroon: Victoria (R. Buchholz).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- [Misspelled as buckholtzi by McArthur, 2012: 132.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 991; Emery, 1925b: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 90; McArthur, 2012: 132.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 90, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Mayr, G. 1902. Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 287-303 (page 297, soldier, worker, queen described)