Camponotus criniticeps

Camponotus criniticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. criniticeps
Binomial name
Camponotus criniticeps Menozzi, 1939

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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.

• criniticeps. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) criniticeps Menozzi, 1939c: 109, fig. 1 (1-2) (s.) ETHIOPIA.
  • Type-material: 3 syntype major workers.
  • Type-locality: Ethiopia: Borana territory, Ganale Doria, nr Amba Mussolini, 18.iii.1937 (E. Zavattari).
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • [Misspelled as crinticeps by McArthur, 2012: 112.]
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 94; McArthur, 2012: 112.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 94, catalogue)
• Menozzi, C. 1939c. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biol. Paese Borana 3: 97-110 (page 109, fig. 1 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Menozzi C. 1939. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana. 3: 97-110.