Camponotus nitidus
Camponotus nitidus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. nitidus |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus nitidus (Smith, F., 1859) |
This species has been considered a junior synonym of Colobopsis quadriceps since Mayr (1863) and has received essentially no attention in the published literature. However, Donisthorpe (1932) treated this taxon as valid, although this proposal has been overlooked until recently. The true identity of this species remains uncertain and nothing is known concerning its biology.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nitidus. Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
- Type-material: holotype major worker.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru (A.R. Wallace).
- [Notes (i): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452, cites 1w major OXUM; (ii) “there is no locality label on the specimen (may have been lost) but Smith gives “Aru” in the original description. The specimen has both Smith and Donisthorpe det. labels” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789: 427 (Emery, 1921a: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 113).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452.
- Junior synonym of vitrea: McArthur, 2007a: 294 (error).
- Junior synonym of quadriceps: Mayr, 1863: 403; Dalla Torre, 1893: 249; Emery, 1925b: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 113 (error).
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1863: 13; Roger, 1863b: 4; Smith, F. 1871a: 307; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452.
- Distribution: Indonsia (Aru).
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476.
- Mayr, G. 1863. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13: 385-460.
- Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part] J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 3:132-158.