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Camponotus confluens bequaerti
| Camponotus confluens bequaerti | |
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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 |
| Subspecies: | C. confluens bequaerti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus confluens bequaerti 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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bequaerti. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) confluens var. bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 343 (s.w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MRAC.
- Subspecies of confluens: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 978; Emery, 1925b: 141; Santschi, 1937d: 243; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 343, soldier, worker, queen described)