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Camponotus discors laetus
| Camponotus discors laetus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. discors |
| Subspecies: | C. discors laetus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus discors laetus Emery, 1925 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -19.55° to -19.55°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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. |
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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.
- laetus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors var. laeta Emery, 1925b: 102.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. discors var. laeta Forel, 1910b: 70 (s.) AUSTRALIA (“Australie centrale”); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
- Type-material: syntype major workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Tennant Creek (J.F. Field).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1914b: 180; Forel, 1915b: 99; Emery, 1920c: 8.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 7 workers, 2 queens, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 1 worker, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors laetus Emery, 1925: Syntype, 6 workers, Tennant Creek, Queensland, Australia, South Australian Museum.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 107, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 102, soldier described)
- Taylor, R. W. 1986. The quadrinominal infrasubspecific names of Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Gen. Appl. Entomol. 18: 33-37 (page 34, First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. discors var. laeta; unavailable name.)