Camponotus festinus eximius

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Camponotus festinus eximius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. festinus
Subspecies: C. festinus eximius
Trinomial name
Camponotus festinus eximius
Emery, 1900

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • eximius. Camponotus festinus subsp. eximius Emery, 1900d: 701 (s.w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Forel, 1912n: 67 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913k: 128;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 90.
    • Subspecies of festinus: Forel, 1907e: 19; Forel, 1911d: 390; Forel, 1912n: 67; Forel, 1913k: 128; Forel, 1915a: 37; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 107; Stitz, 1925: 124; Emery, 1925b: 90; Wheeler, W.M. 1937a: 24; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 98; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1900d. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 40[=(2(20): 689-720 (page 701, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 90, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 51-78 (page 67, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 128, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))