Camponotus langi

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Camponotus langi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. langi
Binomial name
Camponotus langi
Wheeler, W.M., 1922

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.73503° to 3.73503°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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

Nomenclature

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

  • langi. Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) langi Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 241, fig. 62 (s.w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: 41 syntype workers, 2 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Faradje (H.O. Lang).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 86.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 107.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus jejunus.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 86, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 241, fig. 62 soldier, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.