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Camponotus kattensis
| Camponotus kattensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. kattensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus kattensis Bingham, 1903
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 31.9234° to 31.8821°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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
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| Syntype of Camponotus dichrous kattensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0910176. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kattensis. Camponotus dichrous var. kattensis Bingham, 1903: 356.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. dichrous var. kattensis Forel, 1892j: 231 (s.w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: India: NW Himalaya, Katta P., 6000 ft (J. Wood-Mason), India: Dharmsala (Sage).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list).
- Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1906b: 84.
- Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 96; Menozzi, 1939a: 319 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
- Status as species: Radchenko, 1996b: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 808; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 24.
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 356, worker described)
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 7, Subspecies of variegatus)
- Forel, A. 1906b. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 42: 79-94 (page 84, Subspecies of maculatus)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1996e. A key to the ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Palearctic Asia. Zool. Zh. 7 75: 1195-1203 (page 1201, Raised to species (in key))
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997d. Review of ants of the subgenera Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 76: 806-815 (page 808, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
- Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.