Camponotus buchneri camerounensis

Camponotus buchneri camerounensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Phasmomyrmex
Species:	C. buchneri
Subspecies:	C. buchneri camerounensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus buchneri camerounensis Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Phasmomyrmex buchneri griseus Santschi, 1937

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

• griseus. Phasmomyrmex buchneri var. griseus Santschi, 1937b: 103 (w.) CAMEROON.
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Cameroon: Missellele, viii.-xi.1935 (F. Zumpt).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus (Colobopsis) leonardi var. grisea Karavaiev, 1929c: 243.]
  • Subspecies of buchneri: Bolton, 1995b: 316.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus buchneri subsp. camerounensis Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
• camerounensis. Camponotus buchneri subsp. camerounensis Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
  • Replacement name for Phasmomyrmex buchneri var. griseus Santschi, 1937b: 103. [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus (Colobopsis) leonardi var. grisea Karavaiev, 1929c: 243.]
  • Distribution: Cameroon.

References

• Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 17: 93-104 (page 103, worker described)
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).