Camponotus carbo honorus

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Camponotus foraminosus honorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. foraminosus
Subspecies: C. foraminosus honorus
Trinomial name
Camponotus foraminosus honorus
Forel, 1910

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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.

  • honorus. Camponotus carbo subsp. honorus Forel, 1910c: 268 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Ethiopia (“W Abyssinia”): (no further data) (A. Ilg).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 268 (in key).
    • Subspecies of carbo: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 977.
    • Subspecies of foraminosus: Santschi, 1915c: 268 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 103.
    • Distribution: Ethiopia.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 243-274 (page 268, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 268, Combination in C. (Myrmotrema), and stirps of foraminosus (in key))