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Camponotus confluens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. confluens |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus confluens Forel, 1913
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Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus confluens. Worker. Specimen code casent0910552. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- confluens. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) confluens Forel, 1913b: 342 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Welgelegen (J. Bequaert) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 978; no lectotype designated), Democratic Republic of Congo: Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MRAC.
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 141;
- combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Emery, 1920b: 258; Santschi, 1926c: 599.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 978; Emery, 1925b: 141; Santschi, 1926c: 599; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus bequaerti, trematogaster.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 258, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 141, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 342, soldier, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 599, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))