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Camponotus natalensis fulvipes
| Camponotus natalensis fulvipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. natalensis |
| Subspecies: | C. natalensis fulvipes |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus natalensis fulvipes Forel, 1914
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.
- fulvipes. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) fulvipes Forel, 1914a: 267.
- [First available use of Camponotus natalensis subsp. corvus var. fulvipes Emery, 1895h: 51 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Makapan, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Santschi, 1914e: 38 (q.m.).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 960.
- Subspecies of natalensis: Santschi, 1914e: 38; Arnold, 1922: 654; Emery, 1925b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 654, Variety of natalensis)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 103, Variety of natalensis)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 38, queen, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 38, Variety of natalensis)