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Camponotus olivieri
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. olivieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus olivieri Forel, 1886
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -24.92267° to -33.96542°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus olivieri. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910482. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus olivieri. Worker. Specimen code casent0910483. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- olivieri. Camponotus foraminosus r. olivieri Forel, 1886f: 175 (s.w.q.) ANGOLA, GHANA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: workers Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 982; no lectotype designated), 1 queen Ghana: Accra (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MNHU.
- Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 269.
- Subspecies of foraminosus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 231 (footnote); Mayr, 1895: 150; Emery, 1895h: 54; Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Santschi, 1910c: 393; Forel, 1913h: 356.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 252, 982; Emery, 1925b: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 115.
- Distribution: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus concordius, delagoensis, infelix, lemma, moshianus, osiris, patersoni, pax, sorptus, tenuipilis, zaireicus.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 115, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 246, raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64: 15-56 (page 54, subspecies of foraminosus)
- Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30: 131-215 (page 175, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 393, subspecies of foraminosus)
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 269, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 269, raised to species (in key))
- Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 27: 254-285 (page 283, raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004