Camponotus niveosetosus irredux

Camponotus niveosetosus irredux
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species group:	niveosetosus
Species:	C. niveosetosus
Subspecies:	C. niveosetosus irredux
Trinomial name
Camponotus niveosetosus irredux Forel, 1910 Specimen labels

Identification

A member of the Camponotus niveosetosus species group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17° to -34.18333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Worker

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• irredux. Camponotus irredux Forel, 1910f: 30 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal (R.C. Wroughton).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1914e: 41;
  • combination in C. (Myrmopiromis): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 987.
  • Subspecies of niveosetosus: Forel, 1910e: 451; Santschi, 1914e: 41; Arnold, 1922: 659; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 987; Emery, 1925b: 129; Arnold, 1960a: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 659, Subspecies of niveosetosus)
• Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 30, soldier, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 451, Subspecies of niveosetosus)
• Rakotonirina, J.C., Csosz, S., Fisher, B.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238: 203–245 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 987, Combination in C. (Myrmopiromis))