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Camponotus errabundus
| Camponotus errabundus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. errabundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus errabundus Arnold, 1949 | |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -9.527816291° to -15.63333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: 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.
- errabundus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) errabundus Arnold, 1949: 270, figs. 11, 11a-c (s.w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “large numbers”).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Southern Rhodesia”): Hunyani (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: SAMC (perhaps also BMNH).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 97.
- Distribution: Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 261-275. (page 270, fig. 11 soldier, worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection