Camponotus pavidus

Camponotus pavidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pavidus
Binomial name
Camponotus pavidus (Smith, F., 1860) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.616667° to -0.616667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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

Images from AntWeb

Holotype of Camponotus pavidus. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901915. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• pavidus. Formica pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96 (q.) INDONESIA (Bacan).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 459, cites 1q OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), “Bac.” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 459.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1863: 13; Mayr, 1863: 419; Smith, F. 1871a: 308; Dalla Torre, 1893: 204; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 459; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 200; Bolton, 1995b: 116; McArthur, 2012: 214.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Bacan).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica pavida

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Bac.”

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, new name: snellingi, catalogue)
• Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 71, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 459, Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys))
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 96, queen described)

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
• Smith F. 1863. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7: 6-48.
• Smith, Fr.. "Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 (1860): 93-143.