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Camponotus magister
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. magister |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus magister Santschi, 1925
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 32.116667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).
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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus magister. Worker. Specimen code casent0912000. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus magister tibestiensis. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0913716. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- magister. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) erigens st. magister Santschi, 1925g: 357 (s.w.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Morocco: Figuig (H. Foley).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1939d: 78.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1932f: 519; Bolton, 1995b: 110; Borowiec, L. 2014: 37 (see note in bibliography).
- Distribution: Libya, Morocco.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus tibestiensis.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 1: 339-360 (page 357, soldier, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1932c. Notes sur les fourmis du Sahara. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (2) 4: 516-520 (page 519, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1: 339-360.