Camponotus ephippium

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Camponotus ephippium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. ephippium
Binomial name
Camponotus ephippium
(Smith, F., 1858)

Camponotus ephippium casent0280173 p 1 high.jpg

Camponotus ephippium casent0280173 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Photo Gallery

  • A foraging worker near her nest, near a creek, Brigadoon, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 2 July 2009.
  • Nest of Camponotus ephippium near a creek, Brigadoon, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 2 July 2009.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.98701° to -36.61666667°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • ephippium. Formica ephippium Smith, F. 1858b: 39 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 218 (l.).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4;
    • combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270;
    • combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1920b: 257; Santschi, 1928e: 481.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 414; Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1876: 59 (in key); Emery, 1887a: 211; Dalla Torre, 1893: 229; Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Forel, 1902h: 503; Forel, 1907h: 303; Crawley, 1915a: 136; Emery, 1925b: 111; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 113; Taylor, 1987a: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 97; McArthur, 2007a: 316; Heterick, 2009: 65; McArthur, 2010: 44; McArthur, 2014: 104.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus narses.

Type Material

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

Description

Worker. Length 3 lines (= 6 mm) Black: the pro- and mesothorax ferruginous above. Head oblong-quadrate, slightly narrowed towards the mouth; the eyes placed high on t he sides of the head; the antennae and mandibles ferruginous; the scape more or less fuscous; the clypeus with a central longitudinal carina; the mandibles serrated on their inner edge, with one or two stouter teeth at the apex. Thorax rounded in front and narrowed behind, the metathorax (= propodeum) sometimes slightly ferruginous; legs elongate, the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen small, ovate, covered with short pale yellow silky pubescence, interspersed with longer pale hairs; the head and thorax have also some scattered pale hairs; the scale of the peduncle subovate.

Hab. Adelaide. (Coll. F. Smith)

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Andersen A. N., B. D. Hoffman, and J. Somes. 2003. Ants as indicators of minesite restoration: community recovery at one of eight rehabilitation sites in central Queensland. Ecological Management and Restoration 4: 12-19.
  • Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.