Camponotus indefinitus

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Camponotus indefinitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. indefinitus
Binomial name
Camponotus indefinitus
Karavaiev, 1929

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

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 indefinitusWorker. Specimen code casent0911956. 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.

  • indefinitus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) indefinitus Karavaiev, 1929c: 235, fig. 2 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Ambon I.).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Ambon I., 11.ii.1913, no. 2449 (W. Karawajew).
    • Type-depository: SIZK.
    • [Misspelled as indifinitus by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246.]
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Ambon).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Latumahina F., M. Borovanska, N. S. Putra, and M. Janda. 2015. Ants of Ambon Island – diversity survey and checklist. ZooKeys 472: 43–57.