Camponotus heros

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Camponotus heros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. heros
Binomial name
Camponotus heros
Santschi, 1926

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus herosWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0911949. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • heros. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) heros Santschi, 1926b: 253 (s.) TANZANIA.
    • Type-material: holotype major worker.
    • Type-locality: Tanzania (“Tanganika”): Tauriani, ii.1918 (A. Loveridge) (received from Crawley).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 103.
    • Distribution: Tanzania.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 253, soldier described)