Camponotus chapini

Camponotus chapini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. chapini
Binomial name
Camponotus chapini Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Camponotus chapini ganzii Weber, 1943

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.166666667° to -0.166666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus chapini. Worker. Specimen code casent0911659. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• chapini. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) chapini Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 254, fig. 68 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: 5 syntype major worker, 11 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Garamba (H.O. Lang & J.P. Chapin).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Santschi, 1926c: 600;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Weber, 1943c: 386.
  • Subspecies of agonius: Santschi, 1926b: 252; Santschi, 1926c: 600.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 141; Weber, 1943c: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 91; McArthur, 2012: 203.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus ganzii.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 252, variety of agonius)
• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 600, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 600, variety of agonius)
• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 386, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 386, revived status as species)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 254, fig. 68 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.
• Mikissa J. B., J. H. C. Delabie, J. L. Mercier, and D. Fresnau. 2008. Preliminary Assessment on the Interactions of Wasmannia auropunctata in Native Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a Mosaic Gallery Forest/Savannah in Lope National Park, Gabon. Sociobiology 51(1): 207-218.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.