Camponotus buchneri camerounensis

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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

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • 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.

Description

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