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Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis
| Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis | |
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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 dorsalis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis Santschi, 1926
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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.
- dorsalis. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus st. dorsalis Santschi, 1926b: 265, fig. 6D,E (s.w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, TANZANIA.
- Type-material: 4 syntype major and minor workers, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: 2 workers, 1 queen Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Saint Gabriel, nr Stanleyville (= Kisangani) (H. Kohl) (received from Forel), 2 workers Tanzania (“Tanganika”): Turiani (A. Loveridge) (received from Crawley).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also MHNG).
- Subspecies of foraminosus: Bolton, 1995b: 97.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 265, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).