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Camponotus etiolipes
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. etiolipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995
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| Synonyms | |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.33879° to -30.6°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Mozambique (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0906923. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longipes. Formica longipes Gerstäcker, 1859: 262 (w.) (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Mozambique: (no further data) (W.H.C. Peters).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 509; type-locality from this reference.]
- [Junior primary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
- Forel, 1886f: 164 (s.); Forel, 1907g: 91 (m.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
- combination in Tanaemyrmex: Ashmead, 1905b: 384;
- combination in C. (Myrmogigas): Forel, 1912i: 91;
- combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1913b: 340;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 86.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1863: 400; Gerstäcker, 1871: 354; Forel, 1886f: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Emery, 1894i: 47; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Forel, 1907e: 16; Forel, 1907g: 91; Forel, 1910c: 266; Forel, 1911d: 371; Stitz, 1911b: 391; Forel, 1913b: 340; Santschi, 1914b: 132; Forel, 1914d: 249; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 963; Arnold, 1924: 680; Emery, 1925b: 86; Weber, 1943c: 332.
- Replacement name: Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995b: 98.
- etiolipes. Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995b: 98.
- Replacement name for Formica longipes Gerstäcker, 1859: 262. [Junior primary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233.]
- Status as species: Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar), Uganda, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, new name, catalogue)
- Gerstäcker, A. 1859. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Hr. Peters berichtete über sein Reisewerk, von dem die Insecten bis zum 64., die Botanik bis zum 34. Bogen gedruckt sind und theilte den Schluss der Diagnosen der von Hrn. Dr. Gerstäcker bearbeiteten Hymeno (page 262, replaced name Formica longipes)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1894. Rassegna degl'Imenotteri raccolti nel Mozambico dal Cav. Fornasini esistenti nel Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Bologna. I. Formicidi. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)4: 46-47
- Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
- Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
- Forel A. 1911. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004