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Camponotus empedocles
| Camponotus empedocles | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. empedocles |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus empedocles Emery, 1920
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.383333° to -34.4°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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.
- empedocles. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) thales var. empedocles Emery, 1920c: 6.
- [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. thales var. empedocles Forel, 1913j: 224 (w.) ZIMBABWE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Salisbury (= Harare) (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Arnold, 1922: 645.
- Subspecies of thales: Emery, 1925b: 92.
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 279; Bolton, 1995b: 97; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 372; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 448; Borowiec, L. 2014: 30.
- Distribution: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 645, subspecies of maculatus)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 279, raised to species)
- Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1913(Su Suppl: 203-225 (page 224, First available use of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. thales var. empedocles; unavailable name.)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
- Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection