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Camponotus foleyi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. foleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus foleyi Santschi, 1939
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 31.966667° to 26.75°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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
Images from AntWeb
     
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| Syntype of Camponotus foleyi grasi. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913620. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
   
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| Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus compressus foleyi hoggarensis. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913622. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
    
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| Syntype of Camponotus foleyi fezzanensis. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913623. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus foleyi ajjer. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0913625. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus foleyi lelubrei. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0913696. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- foleyi. Camponotus compressus st. foleyi Santschi, 1939d: 82, figs. 15-17 (s.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: holotype major worker.
- Type-locality: Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, vic. Amguid (Darque).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.); Bernard, 1953a: 191 (m.).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1939d: 78.
- Subspecies of compressus: Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bernard, 1948: 157.
- Status as species: Bernard, 1953a: 189; Délye, 1960: 262; Bolton, 1995b: 100; Borowiec, L. 2014: 31 (see note in bibliography).
- Distribution: Algeria.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus ajjer, fezzanensis, grasi, lelubrei, pseudocompressus, rufescens.
Description
References
- Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 189, raised to species)
- Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 191, male described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 82, figs. 15-17 soldier described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H.. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
- Délye G. 1960. Fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 51: 259-272.