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Camponotus mayri
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. mayri |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.07322° to -28.36052°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
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
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| Syntype of Camponotus mayri. Worker. Specimen code casent0910445. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mayri. Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879a: 92, pl. 1, fig. 1 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Mission de Valdézia (P. Bethoud).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Forel, 1913a: 146;
- combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913b: 347; Santschi, 1921f: 310.
- Status as species: Forel, 1886f: 191; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Emery, 1895h: 55; Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Mayr, 1907b: 21; Forel, 1907g: 91; Forel, 1910e: 451; Santschi, 1910c: 393; Stitz, 1911b: 392; Forel, 1913a: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 972; Arnold, 1924: 712; Emery, 1925b: 125; Prins, 1963: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 110.
- Distribution: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar), Zimbabwe.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus chimporensis.
Description
References
- Cameron, P. 1891. Appendix. Hym. Formicidae. Pp. 89-95 in: Whymper, E. Travels amongst the Great Andes. London: J. Murray, xxii + 147 pp. (page 89, fig. worker described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 125, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1879a. Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 16: 53-128 (page 92, pl. 1, fig. 1 worker described)
- Forel, A. 1892f. Critique de: Peter Cameron. Hemenoptera [sic], Formicidae; Extracted from supplementary appendix to Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edw. Whymper. London 1891. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 255-256 (page 256, Replacement name: cameroni)
- Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 146, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 347, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
- Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
- Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
- Forel A. 1910. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54: 421-458.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Magagula C. N., and B. A. Nzimba. 2015. Interaction between habitat characteristics and insect diversity using ground beetles (Colenoptera: Carabidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) within a variety of agriculatural habitats. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 13(3): 863-876.
- Prins A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6: 91-108.
- Prins A. J. 1964. Revised list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 7: 77-93.
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- Stitz H. 1911. Formicidae. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 3: 375-392.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004