Camponotus luteus

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Camponotus luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. luteus
Binomial name
Camponotus luteus
(Smith, F., 1858)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

  • luteus. Formica lutea Smith, F. 1858b: 19 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: India (“Northern India”): (no further data).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 95.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 417; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 304; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 379; Emery, 1925b: 95; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 248; Zhang, J. 1989: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 109; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
    • Distribution: India, Myanmar.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
  • Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382