Camponotus contractus buttesi

Camponotus contractus buttesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. contractus
Subspecies:	C. contractus buttesi
Trinomial name
Camponotus contractus buttesi Forel, 1902

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• buttesi. Camponotus contractus var. buttesi Forel, 1902g: 463 (s.w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Selangor (Buttes).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoplatys): Emery, 1925b: 136.
  • Subspecies of contractus: Emery, 1925b: 136; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 90.
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 90, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 136, combination in C. (Myrmoplatys))
• Forel, A. 1902i. Fourmis d'Algérie récoltées par M. le Dr. K. Escherich. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 462-463 (page 463, soldier, worker described)