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Camponotus nicobarensis monticola
| Camponotus nicobarensis monticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. nicobarensis |
| Subspecies: | C. nicobarensis monticola |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus nicobarensis monticola Bingham, 1903 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines.
Oriental Region: Myanmar (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.
- monticola. Camponotus nicobarensis var. monticola Forel, 1895e: 455.
- [First available use of Camponotus nicobarensis subsp. exiguoguttatus var. monticola Emery, 1895k: 479 (w.) MYANMAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Myanmar (“Burma”): Carin Cheba (L. Fea), Myanmar: Carin Asciuii Ghecu, 900-1500 m. (L. Fea).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 95.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list).
- Subspecies of nicobarensis: Bingham, 1903: 365; Forel, 1911d: 382, 390; Santschi, 1920h: 174; Santschi, 1924c: 114; Stitz, 1925: 127; Emery, 1925b: 95; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 249; Baltazar, 1966: 274; Bolton, 1995b: 112.
- Distribution: Myanmar, Philippines (Luzon), Vietnam.
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 274, listed)
- 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 365, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 95, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))