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Camponotus irritans inferior
| Camponotus irritans inferior | |
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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 inferior |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus irritans inferior Emery, 1925 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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.
- inferior. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) irritans var. inferior Emery, 1925b: 93.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. irritans var. inferior Forel, 1911a: 48 (w.q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak (G.D. Haviland).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 108; Emery, 1920c: 7.
- Subspecies of irritans: Wheeler, W.M. 1937a: 24; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 93, worker, queen described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1937a. Additions to the ant-fauna of Krakatau and Verlaten Island. Treubia 16: 21-24 (page 24, see also)