Camponotus caesar imperator

Camponotus caesar imperator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. caesar
Subspecies:	C. caesar imperator
Trinomial name
Camponotus caesar imperator Emery, 1899 Specimen Labels

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.

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.

• imperator. Camponotus caesar subsp. imperator Emery, 1899e: 503, fig. (w.) CAMEROON.
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (L. Conradt).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Santschi, 1920g: 180;
  • combination in C. (Myrmoxygenys): Emery, 1925b: 170.
  • Subspecies of caesar: Stitz, 1910: 149; Stitz, 1911b: 391; Santschi, 1920g: 180; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 244, 962; Emery, 1925b: 70; Bernard, 1953b: 260; Bolton, 1995b: 104.
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 503, fig. worker described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 170, Combination in C. (Myrmoxygenys))