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Camponotus guttatus minusculus
| Camponotus guttatus minusculus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. guttatus |
| Subspecies: | C. guttatus minusculus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus guttatus minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- minusculus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914b: 44 (s.w.q.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Tanzania (“German East Africa”): Bez. Langenburg, Manow (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 85.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 85.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 957.
- Subspecies of guttatus: Emery, 1920c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
- Distribution: Tanzania.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Variety of guttatus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Viehmeyer, H. 1914b. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79 (A.12) (1913): 24-60. (page 44, soldier, worker, queen described)