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Camponotus nirvanae
| Camponotus nirvanae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. nirvanae |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus nirvanae Forel, 1893
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.7009° to 30.3416°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- nirvanae. Camponotus nirvanae Forel, 1893b: 433 (s.w.q.) INDIA (Karnataka, Maharashtra).
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 1syntype minor worker, syntype queens (number not stated).
- Type-localities: major worker India: (no further data), minor worker India: Poona (R.C. Wroughton), queens India: Kanara (R.C. Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
- Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 377; Emery, 1925b: 140; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 113; Tiwari, 1999: 73; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 97; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 7 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
- Distribution: India.
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 377, see also)
- Forel, A. 1893c. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part II. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 430-439 (page 433, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.