Camponotus guttatus

Camponotus guttatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. guttatus
Binomial name
	Camponotus guttatus; Emery, 1899 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Camponotus guttatus minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914;

Taylor et al. (2018) notes that this species appears to be rare in west Africa and reports it from a mango (Mangifera indica) orchard in Benin where it was prey of Oecophylla longinoda.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.6° to -28.9600728°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Cameroun (type locality), Guinea, Niger.

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.

guttatus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. guttatus Emery, 1899e: 498 (s.w.q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (L. Conradt).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Forel, 1913e: 670 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 85.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Santschi, 1910c: 393; Forel, 1913e: 670; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 234, 954.
- Status as species: Emery, 1920c: 6, 9 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 85; Bernard, 1953b: 260; Baroni Urbani, 1972: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 102.
- Material of the unavailable name brevitibialis referred here by Baroni Urbani, 1972: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 102.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus minusculus.

Description

References

Baroni Urbani, C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 82: 122-135 (page 132, Material of the unavailable name brevitibialis referred here.)
Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 498, soldier, worker, queen described)
Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Raised to species)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, Raised to species)
Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673 (page 670, male 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).
Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 954, Subspecies of maculatus)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 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): 006–029.
Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004