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Camponotus importunus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. importunus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus importunus Forel, 1911
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.33333° to -34.234822°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique, 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. |
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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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| Syntype of Camponotus importunus. Worker. Specimen code casent0910059. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- importunus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. importunus Forel, 1911e: 288.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. sexpunctatus var. importuna Forel, 1910f: 27 (s.) SOUTH AFRICA, MOZAMBIQUE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: South Africa: Cape Prov. (Krebs) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 955; no lectotype designated), South Africa: Cape Prov., Matjesfontein (no collector’s name), Cape Prov., Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns), Mozambique: Lobombo Borges (F. Wilms).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Emery, 1920c: 5;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 87.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1920c: 5; Arnold, 1922: 635; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 955; Emery, 1925b: 87.
- Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 104.
- Distribution: Mozambique, South Africa.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 635, Subspecies of maculatus)
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 82: 122-135 (page 131, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 5, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 5, Subspecies of maculatus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 87, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 288, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 579-674.
- Baroni Urbani C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 82: 122-135.
- Forel A. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
- Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- 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