Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus

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Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. maculatus
Subspecies: C. maculatus sylvaticomaculatus
Trinomial name
Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus
Dalla Torre, 1893

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Türkiye.

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.

  • sylvaticomaculatus. Camponotus maculatus var. silvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893: 241, 253.
    • [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. maculatus var. sylvaticomaculatus Forel, 1886f: 150 (w.) GREECE, TURKEY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Greece and Turkey: (no further data).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Note: this taxon is apparently based on specimens of variegatus (F. Smith, 1858b: 19), sensu Mayr, 1862: 656, misidentification.]
    • [Camponotus sylvaticus r. cognatus var. sylvaticomaculatus Emery & Forel, 1879: 448. Nomen nudum.]
    • [Camponotus sylvaticus var. sylvaticomaculatus André, 1882a: 145. Nomen nudum.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1898a: 225; Emery, 1898c: 149.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Bolton, 1995b: 126; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 7.
    • [Note: recorded as a valid species by Legakis, 2011: 33, probably in error.]

Description

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