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Camponotus congolensis weissi
| Camponotus congolensis weissi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. congolensis |
| Subspecies: | C. congolensis weissi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus congolensis weissi Santschi, 1911
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: 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.
- weissi. Camponotus maculatus st. weissi Santschi, 1911c: 368 (s.w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville, 1907 (A. Weiss).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 99.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1913h: 355; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 960.
- Subspecies of congolensis: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 130.
- Distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Subspecies of congolensis)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 99, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1911c [1910]. Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 79: 351-369 (page 368, soldier, worker described)