Camponotus olivieri delagoensis

Camponotus olivieri delagoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. olivieri
Subspecies:	C. olivieri delagoensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus olivieri delagoensis Forel, 1894 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.08945° to -27.7°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Gambia, Mozambique (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

Nomenclature

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

• delagoensis. Camponotus foraminosus r. delagoensis Forel, 1894b: 68 (s.w.q.) MOZAMBIQUE.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Mozambique: Delagoa Bay (P. Berthoud), Delagoa Bay (Liengme).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 270.
  • Subspecies of foraminosus: Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Forel, 1909b: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 980.
  • Subspecies of olivieri: Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key); Arnold, 1924: 733; Emery, 1925b: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
  • Distribution: Mozambique.

References

• Arnold, G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 675-766 (page 733, subspecies of olivieri)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 132, subspecies of olivieri)
• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 68, soldier, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, subspecies of olivieri)
• 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 980, subspecies of foraminosus)