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Camponotus perrisii densipunctatus
| Camponotus perrisii densipunctatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. perrisii |
| Subspecies: | C. perrisii densipunctatus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus perrisii densipunctatus Stitz, 1916 | |
Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- densipunctatus. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) perrisii var. densipunctatus Stitz, 1916: 399 (s.w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “a number”), 1 syntype male.
- Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ubangi Dist., Duma, 10.x.1910 (Schubotz) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; no lectotype designated), Congo (“French Congo”): Fort Possel to Fort Crampel, xi.1910 (Schubotz), Congo: Fort Crampel, 6.i.1911 (Schubotz).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of perrisii: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; Emery, 1925b: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
- Distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 399, soldier, worker, male described)