Camponotus olivieri pax

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Camponotus olivieri pax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. olivieri
Subspecies: C. olivieri pax
Trinomial name
Camponotus olivieri pax
Menozzi, 1942

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • pax. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri var. pax Menozzi, 1942: 180.
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri st. tauricollis var. pax Santschi, 1915c: 273 (s.w.) CAMEROON; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; Emery, 1925b: 132; Santschi, 1926c: 617.
    • Subspecies of olivieri: Eidmann, 1944: 469; Bolton, 1995b: 116.

Description

References

  • Menozzi, C. 1942a. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zool. Anz. 140: 164-182 (page 180, soldier, worker described)