Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius

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Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. dalmaticus
Subspecies: C. dalmaticus rhodius
Trinomial name
Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius
Santschi, 1934

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.56° to 39.56°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece (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.

  • rhodius. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis var. rhodia Santschi, 1934d: 280.
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis subsp. dalmaticus var. rhodia Emery, 1925a: 69 (w.) GREECE (Rhodes I.); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).]
    • Menozzi, 1936d: 304 (q.).
    • Subspecies of lateralis: Menozzi, 1936d: 304; Finzi, 1939c: 160; Bolton, 1995b: 120.
    • Subspecies of dalmaticus: Legakis, 2011: 32.

Taxonomic Notes

This taxon that was collected on the island of Rhodes has been described under the unavailable name Camponotus lateralis dalmaticus v. rhodia Emery 1925. The original description is insufficient. According to a message of Maria Tavano of 16 October 2013 there are no type specimens in the Emery collection of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa (Seifert, 2019).

Description

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