Camponotus festinus inezae

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Camponotus festinus inezae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. festinus
Subspecies: C. festinus inezae
Trinomial name
Camponotus festinus inezae
Forel, 1913

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality).

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.

  • inezae. Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) inezae Forel, 1913k: 122, fig. L1 (s.w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Malaysia: Malacca, Maxwell’s Hill, nr Taiping, 2000 ft, tea garden, 2.ii.-15.iii.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 90.
    • Subspecies of festinus: Emery, 1925b: 90; Santschi, 1932b: 18; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
    • Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula).

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 90, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of festinus)
  • 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 122, fig. L1 soldier, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1932d. Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 4: 11-29 (page 18, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of festinus)