Camponotus irritans melanogaster

Camponotus irritans melanogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. irritans
Subspecies:	C. irritans melanogaster
Trinomial name
Camponotus irritans melanogaster Stitz, 1938

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Micronesia (Federated States of) (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.

Nomenclature

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

• melanogaster. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) irritans var. melanogaster Stitz, 1938: 114 (q.) MICRONESIA (Caroline Is).
  • Type-material: 4 syntype queens.
  • Type-locality: Micronesia: Caroline Is, Ponape (Ledermann).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Subspecies of irritans: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
  • Distrbution: Micronesia.

References

• Stitz, H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1938: 99-122 (page 114, queen described)