Camponotus nasutus quadridentatus

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Camponotus nasutus quadridentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nasutus
Subspecies: C. nasutus quadridentatus
Trinomial name
Camponotus nasutus quadridentatus
Santschi, 1937

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Namibia (type locality).

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • quadridentatus. Camponotus (Myrmespera) nasutus var. quadridentatus Santschi, 1937a: 65 (w.) NAMIBIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Namibia (“SW Africa”): W Maltahohe, 1500 m., 12.xii.1936 (K. Jordan) (received from Donisthorpe).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of nasutus: Bolton, 1995b: 119.
    • Distribution: Namibia.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 47-66 (page 65, worker described)