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Camponotus mendax integer
| Camponotus mendax integer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. mendax |
| Subspecies: | C. mendax integer |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus mendax integer Forel, 1895 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- integer. Camponotus sericeus var. integer Forel, 1895e: 454 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Forel, 1909e: 397 (s.q.).
- Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913k: 129.
- Subspecies of mendax: Bingham, 1903: 370.
- Subspecies of sericeus: Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Forel, 1908a: 6; Forel, 1909e: 397; Forel, 1911i: 227; Forel, 1913k: 129.
- Subspecies of pseudolus: Emery, 1925b: 125; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241.
- Subspecies of mendax Forel (as pseudolus is an unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 105.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 370, Variety of mendax)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 125, Variety of pseudolus)
- Forel, A. 1895f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472 (page 454, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1908b. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22 (page 6, Variety of sericeus)
- Forel, A. 1909k. Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des Polyrhachis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 45: 369-407 (page 397, soldier, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 129, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))