Camponotus cleobulus
Camponotus cleobulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. cleobulus |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus cleobulus Santschi, 1919 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -29.36667° to -29.375°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cleobulus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) cleobulus Santschi, 1919b: 238 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype minor worker.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Drakensberg, 11000 ft (G.D. Haviland).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 949; Emery, 1925b: 92; Arnold, 1926: 291; Arnold, 1960a: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 92, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 238, soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 191-295.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Santschi F. 1919. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels). 6: 229-240.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.