Camponotus gestroi ponariensis

Camponotus gestroi ponariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. gestroi
Subspecies:	C. gestroi ponariensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus gestroi ponariensis Santschi, 1921

Distribution

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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• ponariensis. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) gestroi var. ponariensis Santschi, 1921b: 435 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Tlemcen (Caseade).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of gestroi: Emery, 1925b: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 118.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

References

• Santschi, F. 1921b. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. I. Quelques fourmis du nord de l'Afrique et des Canaries. Mem. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo del Cincuentenario: 424-436 (page 435, worker described)