Camponotus lamborni

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Camponotus lamborni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. lamborni
Binomial name
Camponotus lamborni
Donisthorpe, 1933

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.463253° to -14.463253°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Malawi (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Camponotus lamborniWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0903489. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • 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.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Donisthorpe H. 1933. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)11: 194-198.