Camponotus mayri chimporensis

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Camponotus mayri chimporensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. mayri
Subspecies: C. mayri chimporensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus mayri chimporensis
Santschi, 1930

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • chimporensis. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri var. chimporensis Santschi, 1930b: 80 (w.) ANGOLA.
    • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
    • Type-localities: 3 workers Angola: Chimporo, 50 km. W Caimdo or Kubango post A, xi.1928 (A. Monard), 1 worker Angola: Rio Kubango, Cakindo, 60-70 km. S Rio Mbalé (A. Monard).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of mayri: Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Distribution: Angola.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 92, catalogue)
  • Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 80, worker described)