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Camponotus orinobates
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. orinobates |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus orinobates Santschi, 1919
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), Rwanda.
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 orinobates. Worker. Specimen code casent0911875. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- orinobates. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) orinobates Santschi, 1919a: 348, fig. 4 (s.w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): E slope Mt Kenya (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 990; no lectotype designated), Kenya: Ambous River, 1800 m. (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel), Kenya: Kijabé, 2100 m (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Paramyrmamblys): Santschi, 1926c: 604.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 990; Emery, 1925b: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 115; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205.
- Distribution: Kenya.
Description
References
- Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, J., de Dieu Nsenganeza, J., Iradukunda, S. C., Majyambere, M., Kizungu, O. B., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Fabrice, R., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L. M., Kolo, Y., Anale, J. S., Gómez, K., Dekoninck, W. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe Tropical Rain Forest, south-western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2), 69-81 (doi:10.2982/028.111.0203).
- Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 348, fig. 4 soldier, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 604, Combination in C. (Paramyrmamblys))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
- Santschi F. 1919. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52: 325-350.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
- 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