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Camponotus nigricans enganensis
| Camponotus nigricans enganensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. nigricans |
| Subspecies: | C. nigricans enganensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus nigricans enganensis Forel, 1916 | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Singapore.
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.
- enganensis. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans r. enganensis Forel, 1916: 443 (q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Engano I. (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239; Bolton, 1995b: 97; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 40.
- Senior synonym of nitidiceps: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 97.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra), Singapore.
- nitidiceps. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans subsp. nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156 (q.) SINGAPORE.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Singapore: (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 240.
- Junior synonym of enganensis: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 443, queen described)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1916b. Ameisen von den Philippinen und anderer Herkunft (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 5: 283-291 (page 291, senior synonym of nitidiceps)