Camponotus leucodiscus

Camponotus leucodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. leucodiscus
Binomial name
Camponotus leucodiscus Wheeler, W.M., 1919

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.

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.

• leucodiscus. Camponotus (Colobopsis) leucodiscus Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 117 (q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sabah).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Sabah (“British North Borneo”) (E.B. Kershaw).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 118 (footnote) (s.w.).
  • Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 225;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
  • Subspecies of bellus: Emery, 1925b: 138; Baltazar, 1966: 271; Bolton, 1995b: 108; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 36; McArthur, 2012: 96.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 225 (error); McArthur, 2012: 211 (error); Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 48.
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines (Negros).

References

• Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 271, listed)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 108, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 138, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys), and subspecies of bellus)
• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 63: 43-147.