Camponotus fervidus

Camponotus fervidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. fervidus
Binomial name
Camponotus fervidus Donisthorpe, 1943 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Formica fervens Smith, F., 1857

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• fervens. Formica fervens Smith, F. 1857a: 55 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Notes (i): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444, cites 1w OXUM; (ii) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites a second worker OXUM, also labelled SAR and fervens (perhaps a syntype?).]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, “SAR 34” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Formica fervens Drury, 1782: 58 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
  • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267.
  • Junior synonym of bacchus: Mayr, 1865: 27.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 414; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 109; Emery, 1925b: 171; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241 (error).
  • Replacement name: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fervidus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.
• fervidus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fervidus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.
  • Replacement name for Formica fervens Smith, F. 1857a: 55. [Junior primary homonym of Formica fervens Drury, 1782: 58.]
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 99; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica fervens

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR 34.” A second specimen, also from “SAR,” is present, labelled as fervens.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 99, catalogue)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 116, replacement name for fervens Smith.)
• Drury, D. 1782. Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred figures of exotic insects. Vol. 3. London: B. White, xxvi + 76 pp. (page 58, junior primary homonym of fervens)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Donisthorpe H. 1943. Myrmecological gleanings. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 12: 115-116.
• Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
• Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
• Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.