Camponotus mendax

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Camponotus mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. mendax
Binomial name
Camponotus mendax
Forel, 1895

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Identification

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.156971° to 34.156971°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.

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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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

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Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus mendax integerWorker. Specimen code casent0910448. 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.

  • mendax. Camponotus sericeus var. mendax Forel, 1895e: 454 (s.) INDIA (Karnataka) (date of publication 20.vi.1895).
    • Bingham, 1903: 370 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 125.
    • Subspecies of sericeus: Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242.
    • Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 111; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 86; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
    • Senior synonym of pseudolus (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 111.
    • [Note: pseudolus unnecessary as mendax Forel has priority over mendax Emery (Bolton, 1995b: 111).]
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus integer.
  • pseudolus. Camponotus pseudolus Forel, 1907a: 31.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 125.
    • Unnecessary replacement name for mendax Forel, 1895e: 454; hence junior synonym of mendax: Bolton, 1995b: 118.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dias R. K. S. 2002. Current knowledge on ants of Sri Lanka. ANeT Newsletter 4: 17- 21.
  • Dias R. K. S. 2006. Current taxonomic status of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sri Lanka. The Fauna of Sri Lanka: 43-52. Bambaradeniya, C.N.B. (Editor), 2006. Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation. The World Conservation Union, Colombo, Sri Lanka & Government of Sri Lanka. viii + 308pp.
  • Dias R. K. S., K. R. K. A. Kosgamage, and H. A. W. S. Peiris. 2012. The Taxonomy and Conservation Status of Ants (Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae) in Sri Lanka. In: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Weerakoon, D.K. & S. Wijesundara Eds., Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. p11-19.
  • Mackay, W., and E. Mackay. The ants of New Mexico. The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.
  • Presty J., and K. A. Karmaly. 2016. A study on the diversity and distribution of genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Kerala: ecologically significant agents in ecosystems functioning. In: Chakravarhty A. K, and S. Sridhara (eds), Arthropod diversity and conservation in the tropics and sub-tropics. Springer edition. Pages 255-270.