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Camponotus maguassa
| Camponotus maguassa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. maguassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus maguassa Wheeler, W.M., 1922
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 1.333333333° to 1.316667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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 maguassa. Worker. Specimen code casent0912002. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- maguassa. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maguassa Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 237 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “numerous specimens”).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Avakubi (H.O. Lang).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 110.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 110, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 237, soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection