Camponotus inverallensis

Camponotus inverallensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. inverallensis
Binomial name
Camponotus inverallensis Forel, 1910 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -25.58333333° to -36.25°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• inverallensis. Camponotus claripes var. inverallensis Forel, 1910b: 72 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • [Misspelled as invallensis by Emery, 1925b: 110.]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925b: 110.
  • Subspecies of claripes: Emery, 1925b: 110; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 111; Taylor, 1987a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 105; McArthur, 2014: 52.
  • Status as species: Heterick, 2021: 17.
• churchetti. Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008: 116, figs. (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory).
  • Status as species: McArthur, 2010: 102; McArthur, 2014: 62.
  • Junior synonym of inverallensis: Heterick, 2021: 17.

Type Material

• Camponotus claripes inverallensis: Syntype, 7 workers, Reedy Creek, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Camponotus claripes inverallensis: Syntype, 3 workers, Reedy Creek, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Camponotus churchetti: Holotype, worker, Taylorville Station, 1.5km SW Middle Dam, South Australia, Australia, 33°54′37″S 140°12′20″E, 6-11 October 2001, Royal Geographical Society, Bookmark Survey, South Australian Museum; pitfall TV04.
• Camponotus churchetti: Paratype, 1 worker, Taylorville Station, 1.5km SW Middle Dam, South Australia, Australia, 33°54′37″S 140°12′20″E, 6-11 October 2001, Royal Geographical Society, Bookmark Survey, ANIC32-053474, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Camponotus churchetti: Paratype, 1 worker, Taylorville Station, 1.5km SW Middle Dam, South Australia, Australia, 33°54′37″S 140°12′20″E, 6-11 October 2001, Royal Geographical Society, Bookmark Survey, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

Taxonomic Notes

Heterick (2021): Examination of syntype (Camponotus claripes inverallensis) and paratype (C. churchetti) images and abundant major and minor worker material make it clear that C. churchetti is one and the same as C. claripes inverallensis, and it here becomes a junior synonym under C. inverallensis. However, the latter is specifically distinct from Camponotus claripes for the reasons given in the key and is elevated to species status in this work.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker Length 6 to 10mm Sculpture and shine as with the type, distribution of colors and the form of the epinotum is rather like the sub species marcens but the red yellow is paler and more dull than marcens especially in the case of the minor worker. The form of the head is intermediary; the sides are less convex than the type claripes.

Reedy Creek, Inverall, NSW (Froggatt)

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 110, Combination in C. (Myrmophyma))
• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 72, soldier, worker described)
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 111, Subspecies of claripes)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• McArthur A. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, IV + 121 pp.
• McArthur A. J. 2008. New species of Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 109: 111-129.