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Camponotus castanicola
| Camponotus castanicola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Phasmomyrmex |
| Species: | C. castanicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus castanicola Donisthorpe, 1943
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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. |
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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
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| Specimen code castanicola. . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- castanea. Camponotus (Myrmacantha) castanea Stitz, 1925: 128, fig. 7a,b (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Limay, 1913 (G. Boettcher).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Formica castanea Latreille, 1802c: 118.]
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 230.
- Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmacantha) castanicolus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.
- castanicola. Camponotus (Myrmacantha) castanicolus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.
- Replacement name for Camponotus castanea Stitz, 1925: 128. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica castanea Latreille, 1802c: 118.]
- Subgenus indeterminate: Bolton, 1995b: 91.
- Combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): unpublished, D.E.M. General (pers. com.)
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 91.
- Distribution: Philippines (Luzon).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 116, replacement name for castanea Stitz, 1925.)
- Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 128, Junior secondary homonym of castanea Latreille, 1802. Subgenus indeterminate.)