Camponotus irritans sumatranus

Camponotus irritans sumatranus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. irritans
Subspecies:	C. irritans sumatranus
Trinomial name
Camponotus irritans sumatranus Özdikmen, 2010
Synonyms
Camponotus irritans puberula Emery, 1920

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy as well as a ground pitfall trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.342182° to 2.342182°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• puberula. Camponotus irritans subsp. puberula Emery, 1920c: 7.
  • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. subnudus var. puberula Emery, 1900d: 703 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Indonesia: Sumatra, Balighe, Siboga, and Si Rambé (E. Modigliani), Sumatra, Enggano I., Bua Bua (E. Modigliani).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus carbo subsp. puberulus Emery, 1897e: 604 (Bolton, 1995b: 118).]
  • Karavaiev, 1929c: 236 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 94.
  • Subspecies of irritans: Emery, 1925b: 94; Karavaiev, 1929c: 236; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 118.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus irritans sumatranus Özdikmen, 2010a: 528.
• sumatranus. Camponotus irritans sumatranus Özdikmen, 2010a: 528.
  • Replacement name for Camponotus irritans subsp. puberula Emery, 1920c: 7. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus carbo subsp. puberulus Emery, 1897e: 604.]
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

References

• Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).