Camponotus misturus

Camponotus misturus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. misturus
Binomial name
Camponotus misturus (Smith, F., 1857) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Camponotus misturus fornaronis Forel, 1892
Synonyms
Formica exasperata Smith, F., 1857

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.547988° to 2.547988°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.

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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Holotype of Camponotus misturus. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901894. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• misturus. Formica mistura Smith, F. 1857a: 53 (q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • [Note: cited by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443, (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, “SAR” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • [Misspelled as mysturus by Santschi, 1928h: 132.]
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
  • combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Forel, 1912i: 92.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 417; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Forel, 1892j: 232; Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1895k: 479; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1901g: 568; Bingham, 1903; 360; Forel, 1907a: 32; Forel, 1907e: 19; Forel, 1911a: 50; Forel, 1913k: 129; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 109; Emery, 1925b: 135; Karavaiev, 1929c: 238; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239; Collingwood, 1962: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 111; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 89; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.
  • Senior synonym of exasperata: Mayr, 1886c: 354; Forel, 1892j: 232; Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1895k: 479; Emery, 1896d: 375; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 109; Emery, 1925b: 135; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Bolton, 1995b: 112.
  • Distribution: India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Peninsula, Sarawak), Myanmar.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus fornaronis.
• exasperata. Formica exasperata Smith, F. 1857a: 56 (s.w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) major worker.
  • [Notes (i): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444, cites only 1 major worker; (ii) although only a single specimen is present (OXUM) I have labelled it as a syntype, because Smith implies in the original description that more than one was present at that time (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, “SAR 2” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Mayr, 1867a: 37 (q.).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 659.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 25; Mayr, 1862: 659 (redescription); Roger, 1863b: 3; Mayr, 1863: 398; Mayr, 1867a: 36 (redescription); Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Mayr, 1872: 136; Forel, 1886f: 173; Emery, 1887a: 217; Emery, 1888a: 529; Emery, 1889b: 513.
  • Junior synonym of misturus: Mayr, 1886c: 354; Forel, 1892j: 232; Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1895k: 479; Emery, 1896d: 375; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 109; Emery, 1925b: 135; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Bolton, 1995b: 98.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica exasperata

One worker syntype in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR 2.” Although only a single specimen is present I have labelled it as a syntype, because Smith implies in the original description that more than one was present at that time.

Formica mistura

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR.”

References

• Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
• Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus))
• Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 353-368 (page 354, Senior synonym of exasperata)
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Combination in Camponotus)
• Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 53, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24(4): 209-258.
• Emery C. 1888. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza . Formiche raccolte dal sig. Elio Modigliani in Sumatra e nell'isola Nias. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 25: 528-534.
• Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
• Emery, C.. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 4, no. 24 (1887): 209-258.
• Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
• Forel A. 1907. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20.
• Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
• Forel A. 1911. Fourmis de Bornéo, Singapore, Ceylan, etc. récoltées par MM. Haviland, Green, Winkler, Will, Hose, Roepke et Waldo. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 23-62.
• Forel A. 1913k. 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 Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
• Menozzi, C. 1932. Formiche dell'Isola di Nias. Misc. Zool. Sumatr. 65: 1-13
• Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
• Santschi F. 1925. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56: 81-96.
• Smith, F.. "Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2 (1857): 42-88.
• Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.