Camponotus olivieri sorptus

Camponotus olivieri sorptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. olivieri
Subspecies:	C. olivieri sorptus
Trinomial name
Camponotus olivieri sorptus Santschi, 1915 200px

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 0.516667° to -4.325°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

• sorptus. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri var. sorpta Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key).
  • [First available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. delagoensis var. sorpta Forel, 1909b: 62 (s.w.q.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo): (no further data) “in stomach of pangolin (Manis temminki)” (Solon).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Subspecies of olivieri: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 252, 983; Emery, 1925b: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 124.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, catalogue)
• Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 62, first available use of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. delagoensis var. sorpta Forel, 1909; unavailable name.)
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, soldier, worker, queen, male described)