Camponotus gibbosus

Camponotus gibbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. gibbosus
Binomial name
	Camponotus gibbosus; Karavaiev, 1929

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

gibbosus. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) gibbosus Karavaiev, 1929c: 240, fig. 5 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 2 syntype minor workers.
- Type-locality: major Indonesia: Aru Is, Wammar I., 10.iii.1913, no. 3884 (W. Karawajew), minors with same data but 8.iii.1913, no. 2554.
- Type-depository: unknown (not in SIZK (Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2023: 10)).
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 231; Bolton, 1995b: 102; McArthur, 2012: 208.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Aru).

Description

References

Karavaiev, V. 1929e. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. VI. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 7:235-248 [= Tr. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 13:233-246]. (page 240, fig. 5 soldier, worker described)
Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).