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Camponotus gilviceps
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. gilviceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4.033333333° to 4.033333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ruficeps. Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54 (s.w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443, cites 1s, 1w syntypes OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, “SAR.19” (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- [Misspelled as reficeps by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224.]
- [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1862c: 285;
- combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1886c: 354.
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 420; Roger, 1862c: 285.
- Replacement name: Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3.
- gilviceps. Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, 44.
- Replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54. [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.]
- Forel, 1886f: 171 (q.).
- Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224;
- combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 131.
- Junior synonym of misturus: Emery, 1925b: 135.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1867a: 37 (redescription); Mayr, 1879: 646; Forel, 1886f: 171; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 232; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 702; Forel, 1909b: 57; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 118; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 102; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
- Senior synonym of distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F).
- Senior synonym of smithi (unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F.): Bolton, 1995b: 102.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak).
- distinguenda. Formica distinguenda Smith, F. 1871a: 305.
- Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Formica ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54.
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica distinguenda Spinola, 1851a: 235.]
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 253 (error).
- Junior synonym of Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3 (first replacement name).
- smithi. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) smithi Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443.
- Unnecessary (third) replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F. 1857a: 54; hence junior synonym of gilviceps Roger, 1863b: 3, the first replacement name: Bolton, 1995b: 124.
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241 (error).
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Formica ruficeps
Two worker syntypes (one major, one minor) in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR. 19”
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 102, Senior synonym of smithi (unnecessary second replacement name for ruficeps Smith, F.), catalogue)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 443, Revived from synonymy)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 135, Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus), and junior synonym of mistura)
- Forel, A. 1886g. Expériences et remarques critiques sur les sensations des insectes. Deuxième partie. Nouvelles et anciennes expériences. (Suite). Recl. Zool. Suisse 4: 145-240 (page 171, queen described)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Replacement name for Formica ruficeps)
- Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 54, [Junior primary homonym of Formica ruficeps Fabricius, 1804: 404.] )
- Yamane, S., Tanaka, H.O., Hasimoto, Y., Ohashi, M., Meleng, P., Itioka, T. 2021. A list of ants from Lambir Hills National Park and its vicinity, with their biological information: Part II. Subfamilies Leptanillinae, Proceratiinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Ectatomminae and Formicinae. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 31, 87–157.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
- Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
- Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
- Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
- Itino T., and S. Yamane. The vertical distribution of ants on canopy trees in a Bornean lowland rainf forest. Tropics 4(2/3): 277-281.
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
- Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
- Yamane S.; Nona, A. R. 1994. Ants from Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak. Pp. 222-226 in: Inoue, T.; Hamid, A. A. (eds.) 1994. Plant reproductive systems and animal seasonal dynamics. Long-term study of dipterocarp forests in Sarawak. Kyoto: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, vii + 255 pp.