Camponotus opaciventris

Camponotus opaciventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. opaciventris
Binomial name
Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Camponotus of India

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.9141° to 8.0878°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• opaciventris. Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879: 648 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Dietrich, 2004: 326, cites 7w syntypes NHMW.]
  • Type-locality: India: Calcutta (G.A.J. Rothney).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • [Misspelled as apaciventris by Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 113.]
  • [Camponotus opaciventris Smith, F. 1873: viii. Nomen nudum (attributed to Mayr).]
  • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 126.
  • Junior synonym of sericeus: Santschi, 1910c: 393; Tiwari, 1999: 69 (error) ; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 113 (error).
  • Subspecies of sericeus: Forel, 1892j: 231; Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903: 377; Forel, 1908a: 6; Forel, 1911i: 227; Forel, 1913k: 129; Emery, 1925b: 126; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242; Pisarski, 1970: 323; Bolton, 1995b: 115; Radchenko, 1996b: 1197 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 812.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Forel, 1885b: 176; Dietrich, 2004: 326; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 7 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 35.
  • Distribution: Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka.

References

• Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 376, Junior synonym of sericeus)
• Dietrich, C.O. 2004. Taxonomische Beitraege zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14: 319-344. (page 326, raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 376, Variety/subspecies of sericeus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 126, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 126, Variety/subspecies of sericeus)
• Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. (page 223, Variety/subspecies of sericeus)
• Forel, A. 1908b. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22 (page 6, Revived from synonymy as variety of sericeus)
• Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 648, worker described)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1996e. A key to the ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Palearctic Asia. Zool. Zh. 7 75: 1195-1203 (page 1197, Variety/subspecies of sericeus)
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. 2021. First record of the ant subgenus Orthonotomyrmex of the genus Camponotus from Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55, 279–284 (doi:10.15407/zoo2021.04.279).
• Wachkoo, A.A. and S.A. Akbar 2016. First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10464.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
• Forel A. 1885. Indian ants of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal Part II Nat. Sci. 54: 176-182.
• Forel A. 1892. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 219-245.
• Forel A. 1911. Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion). Pp. 215-228 in: Escherich, K. Termitenleben auf Ceylon. Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp.
• Forel A. 1913k. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
• Forel, A. 1908. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22
• Sheikh A. H., M. Manzoor, Y. A. Rather, and T. Jobiraj. 2019. Taxonomic study of ant (Formicidae : Hymenoptera) fauna of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Entomological Research 43(2): 203-212.
• Wachkoo A., and S. Akbar. 2016. First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10464.https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10464