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Camponotus irritans hongkongensis
| Camponotus irritans hongkongensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. irritans |
| Subspecies: | C. irritans hongkongensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus irritans hongkongensis Forel, 1912 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hongkongensis. Camponotus maculatus subsp. hongkongensis Forel, 1912n: 62 (s.w.) CHINA (Hong Kong).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: China: Hong Kong (A. Müller).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 94.
- Subspecies of irritans: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 94; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 76; Stitz, 1934: 4; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 103; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 7, Subspecies of irritans)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 94, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 51-78 (page 62, soldier, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 5: 53-81 (page 76, Subspecies of irritans)