Camponotus lokobe

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Camponotus lokobe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmosaga
Species: C. lokobe
Binomial name
Camponotus lokobe
Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022

Camponotus lokobe is endemic to Madagascar and restricted to the rainforest of the RNI Lokobe in the north of the island (Fig. 65D). Nest sites have been found in rotten logs.

Identification

With head in full-face view, lateral cephalic margins converging posteriorly towards eye level, then rounding to occipital corner of head; anteromedian margin of clypeus noticeably excised medially; two apical teeth of mandible normally spaced; lateral cephalic margin anterior to eye level covered with erect hairs.

Camponotus lokobe can be separated from Camponotus dufouri and Camponotus tendryi by the fact that its clypeus is characterized by a medially excised anteromedian margin.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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.

  • lokobe. Camponotus lokobe Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 125, figs. 8C, 11A, 65 (w.) MADAGASCAR.

Type Material

  • Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR: Province Antsiranana: RNI Lokobe, 6.3 km 112° ESE Hellville, Nosy Be, -13.41933, 48.33117, 30 m, rainforest, ex rotten log, 19–24 Feb 2001, (Fisher, Griswold et al.) collection code: BLF03476, specimen code: CASENT0436584 (CAS).
  • Paratypes. 2 workers of same data as holotype but specimen coded as: CASENT0835595 (PBZT, CAS).

Description

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