Camponotus diplopunctatus subconvexus

Camponotus diplopunctatus subconvexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. diplopunctatus
Subspecies:	C. diplopunctatus subconvexus
Trinomial name
Camponotus diplopunctatus subconvexus Viehmeyer, 1923

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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.

• subconvexus. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) diplopunctatus subsp. subconvexus Viehmeyer, 1923: 93, fig. 4 (s.w.) SUDAN.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Sennar, 22.ii.1914 (F. Werner/Ebner).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
  • Subspecies of diplopunctatus: Emery, 1925b: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
  • Distribution: Sudan.

References

• Viehmeyer, H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera (page 93, fig. 4 soldier, worker described)