Camponotus carin babiensis

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Camponotus carin babiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. carin
Subspecies: C. carin babiensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus carin babiensis
Emery, 1925

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • babiensis. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) carin var. babiensis Emery, 1925b: 90.
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) dorycus r. carin var. babiensis Forel, 1915a: 37 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Indonesia: Sumatra, Pulau Babi (= Babi I.), 1913 (E. Jacobson).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Crawley, 1924: 406.
    • Subspecies of carin: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 244; Bolton, 1995b: 87.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 87, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 90, soldier, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschr. Entomol. 58: 22-43 (page 37, First available use of Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) dorycus r. carin var. babiensis; unavailable name.)