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Camponotus foraminosus cuitensis
| Camponotus foraminosus cuitensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. foraminosus |
| Subspecies: | C. foraminosus cuitensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus foraminosus cuitensis Forel, 1901
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cuitensis. Camponotus foraminosus r. cuitensis Forel, 1901d: 309 (w.) ANGOLA.
- Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Angola: Mossamedes, between Rivers Cubango and Cuito (H. Baum & van der Kellen).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Also described as new by Forel, 1903e: 563.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 271.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1915c: 271 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 133.
- Subspecies of foraminosus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 980; Santschi, 1930b: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
- Distribution: Angola.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1901g. Einige neue Ameisen aus Südbrasilien, Java, Natal und Mossamedes. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 10: 297-311 (page 309, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1903h. Einige neue Ameisen aus Süd-Angola. Pp. 559-564 in: Baum, H. Kunene-Sambesi-Expedition, 1903. Berlin: Verlag des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees, 593 pp. (page 563, also described as new)
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))