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Camponotus overbecki
| Camponotus overbecki | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. overbecki |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
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A Weaver Ant that uses silk in its nest construction.
Identification
A member of the subgenus Karavaievia. This group of Camponotus species is known for their monomorphic workers and their nest weaving behavior.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (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. |
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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
General details about the biology of species in this subgenus can be found on the Karavaievia webpage.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- overbecki. Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) dolichoderoides subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916a: 162, fig. 14 (w.q.m.) SINGAPORE.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Singapore: 14 : 109, Mandai Road (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck).
- Type-depositories: MNHU, NHMB (perhaps also SMTD).
- [Misspelled as owerbecki by Emery, 1925b: 116.]
- Combination in C. (Karavaievia): Emery, 1925b: 116.
- Subspecies of dolichoderoides: Emery, 1925b: 116; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229.
- Status as species: Dumpert, 1986: 567; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Dumpert, Maschwitz, et al. 1995: 104 (in key); Dumpert, Maschwitz & Weissflog, 2006: 78 (in key); McArthur, 2012: 176; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 37.
- Distribution: Singapore.
Description
References
- Dumpert, K. 1986 [1985]. Camponotus (Karavaievia) texens sp. n. and C. (K.) gombaki sp. n. from Malaysia in comparison with other Karavaievia species (Formicidae: Formicinae). Psyche. 92:557-573. (page 567, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 116, Combination in C. (Karavaievia))
- Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 162, fig. 14 worker, queen, male described)