Camponotus grandidieri eumendax

Camponotus grandidieri eumendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species group:	grandidieri
Species:	C. grandidieri
Subspecies:	C. grandidieri eumendax
Trinomial name
	Camponotus grandidieri eumendax; Özdikmen, 2010 Specimen labels
Synonyms
	Camponotus foraminosus mendax Emery, 1895;

Identification

A member of the Camponotus grandidieri species group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.83333° to -27.65°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

mendax. Camponotus foraminosus subsp. mendax Emery, 1895h: 54 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA (date of publication 16.viii.1895).
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus sericeus var. mendax Forel, 1895e: 454 (Bolton, 1995b: 111).]
- Subspecies foraminosus: Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Forel, 1910f: 30.
- Subspecies of grandidieri: Santschi, 1915c: 274; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 982; Stitz, 1923: 165; Arnold, 1924: 732; Emery, 1925b: 132.
- Replacement name: Camponotus grandidieri eumendax Özdikmen, 2010a: 526.
eumendax. Camponotus grandidieri eumendax Özdikmen, 2010a: 526.
- Replacement name for Camponotus foraminosus subsp. mendax Emery, 1895h: 54. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus sericeus var. mendax Forel, 1895e: 454.]
- Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

Rakotonirina, J.C., Csosz, S., Fisher, B.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238: 203–245 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2).