Camponotus lamarckii

Camponotus lamarckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. lamarckii
Binomial name
Camponotus lamarckii Forel, 1892 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Camponotus of India

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.3004° to 30.372°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Nepal.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus lamarckii. Worker. Specimen code casent0910157. 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.

• lamarckii. Camponotus lamarckii Forel, 1892j: 236 (s.w.) INDIA (no state data).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: India: N India (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 94.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1893b: 434; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 365; Emery, 1925b: 94; Menozzi, 1939a: 319 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 248; Collingwood, 1970: 381; Bolton, 1995b: 107; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 80; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
  • Distribution: India, Nepal.
  • lamborni. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) lamborni Donisthorpe, 1933b: 196 (s.w.m.) MALAWI.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 3 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Malawi (“Nyasaland”): Maiwale, nr Fort Johnston, 2.xii.1931 (W.A. Lamborn).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 107.
  • Distribution: Malawi.

References

• 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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 94, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1892k. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 219-245 (page 236, soldier, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))*Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
• Presty J., and K. A. Karmaly. 2016. A study on the diversity and distribution of genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Kerala: ecologically significant agents in ecosystems functioning. In: Chakravarhty A. K, and S. Sridhara (eds), Arthropod diversity and conservation in the tropics and sub-tropics. Springer edition. Pages 255-270.