Camponotus misturus fornaronis

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Camponotus misturus fornaronis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. misturus
Subspecies: C. misturus fornaronis
Trinomial name
Camponotus misturus fornaronis
Forel, 1892

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 11.9279° to 11.83333333°.

 
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Temperate
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Subtropical
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Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (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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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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Nomenclature

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

  • fornaronis. Camponotus mistura subsp. fornaronis Forel, 1892j: 232 (s.) INDIA (no state data, “Inde continentale”).
    • [Misspelled as farnaronis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1925b: 135.
    • Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 360.
    • Subspecies of misturus: Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1911e: 290; Emery, 1925b: 135; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239; Bolton, 1995b: 100; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 90; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.

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 360, raised to species)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
  • 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).
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 135, combination in C. (Myrmotarsus))
  • Forel, A. 1892k. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 219-245 (page 232, soldier described)
  • Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 290, subspecies of misturus)