Camponotus cyrtomyrmodes

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Camponotus cyrtomyrmodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. cyrtomyrmodes
Binomial name
Camponotus cyrtomyrmodes
Donisthorpe, 1941

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Shattuck (2005) - Minor. Dorsum of mesosoma with fewer than 6 scattered hairs and enlarged hairs absent; anterolateral corners of pronotum strongly ridged.

As noted by Donisthorpe (1941a), the worker of this unusual species superficially resembles species of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma), especially in the overall shape of the mesosoma. However this shape is also shared by other members of this species-group as well as the apparently unrelated Australian Camponotus postcornutus and is clearly convergent with Polyrhachis.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.949999809° to -8.949999809°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • cyrtomyrmodes. Camponotus (Myrmophyma) cyrtomyrmodes Donisthorpe, 1941c: 139 (w.m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype minor workers, 1 syntype male.
    • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Wharton Range, Mafulu, 4000 ft., workers xii.1933, male i.1934 (L.E. Cheesman).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 95; Shattuck, 2005: 6 (redescription); Shattuck & Janda, 2009: 252 (in key).
    • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Shattuck (2005) - Minor. (n=4): CI 93–98, HL 1.40–1.53 mm, HW 1.37–1.45 mm, ML 2.30–2.42 mm, MTL 1.64–1.76 mm, SI 152–158, SL 2.11–2.20 mm.

Minor. Posterolateral margin of head strongly concave with a strong ridge running between the eye and the posterolateral corner, the head widest at this ridge, slightly narrower just above the mandibular insertions and narrowest just below the eyes, the area between the ridges (the upper part of the head behind the eyes) forming an essentially flat surface, this surface extending onto the laterally expanded pronotum and flattened anterior mesonotum to form a single, broad “shield.” Antennal scape long. Petiolar node low, block-like, the dorsal surface broadly convex. Pronotum, mesonotum, propodeum and petiole each with 2–4 erect hairs, hairs more abundant on head and gaster, enlarged hairs absent; pubescence present but thin and scattered. Colour red-black with legs yellow-red.

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1941c. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(7): 129-144 (page 139, worker, male described)
  • Shattuck, S. 2005. Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland. Zootaxa 903: 1-20 (see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Donisthorpe H. 1941. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)7: 129-144.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Shattuck S. O. 2005. Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland. Zootaxa 930: 1-20.