Camponotus obscuriventris

Camponotus obscuriventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. obscuriventris
Binomial name
	Camponotus obscuriventris; Cagniant, 1991

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 30.866667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

obscuriventris. Camponotus obscuriventris Cagniant, 1991b: 47, figs. 4, 6 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: 50 syntype workers, 5 syntype queens, 20 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Morocco: Haut Atlas, Tizi Ghourane (= Tizoughrane), v.1983 (H. Cagniant).
- Type-depositories: HCPC, MNHN.
- [Described as cruentatus-group, hence subgenus Myrmosericus.]
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 114; Cagniant, 1996b: 95; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Borowiec, L. 2014: 38.
- Distribution: Morocco.

Description

References

Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Cagniant, H. 1991b. Étude des populations marocaines de la superespèce Camponotus cruentatus Latreille. Mise en evidence de Camponotus obscuriventris sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 67: 35-54 (page 47, figs. 4, 6 worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Cagniant H. 1991. Étude des populations marocaines de la superespèce Camponotus cruentatus Latreille. Mise en evidence de Camponotus obscuriventris sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 67: 35-54.
Cagniant, H.. "Les Camponotus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 32 (1996): 87-100.
Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
Reyes Lopez J., and A. Taheri. 2016. Relacion provisional de los formicidos del Poryecto del Parque Natural Regional de Bouhachem (Marruecos). Iberomyrmex 8: 35-36.