Camponotus megalonyx
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| Camponotus megalonyx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. megalonyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus megalonyx Wheeler, W.M., 1919
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: India.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- megalonyx. Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) megalonyx Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 114 (s.w.) BORNEO. Stärcke, 1934: 24 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Myrmopalpella): Stärcke, 1934: 30. Senior synonym of chalaconotus: Stärcke, 1934: 29 (provisional); Wheeler, W.M. 1936e: 217.
- chalaconotus. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) chalaconotus Menozzi, 1929c: 430, figs. 1, 2 (s.) INDIA. Junior synonym of megalonyx: Wheeler, W.M. 1936e: 217.
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)
- Stärcke, A. 1934. Un nouveau sous-genre de Camponotus (Hymenoptera Formicidae) de la Malaisie avec description de formes nouvelles, récoltées par M. F. G. Nainggolan. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) 17: 20-30 (page 24, queen, male described)
- Stärcke, A. 1934. Un nouveau sous-genre de Camponotus (Hymenoptera Formicidae) de la Malaisie avec description de formes nouvelles, récoltées par M. F. G. Nainggolan. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) 17: 20-30 (page 30, combination in C. (Myrmopalpella))
- Stärcke, A. 1934. Un nouveau sous-genre de Camponotus (Hymenoptera Formicidae) de la Malaisie avec description de formes nouvelles, récoltées par M. F. G. Nainggolan. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) 17: 20-30 (page 29, senior synonym of chalaconontus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63: 43-147 (page 114, soldier, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1936f. Notes on some aberrant Indonesian ants of the subfamily Formicinae. Tijdschr. Entomol. 79: 217-221 (page 217, senior synonym of chalaconontus (provisional))
