Camponotus perrisii jucundus

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Camponotus perrisii jucundus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. perrisii
Subspecies: C. perrisii jucundus
Trinomial name
Camponotus perrisii jucundus
Santschi, 1911

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4° to -4.38333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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Nomenclature

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

  • jucundus. Camponotus perrisii st. jucundus Santschi, 1911g: 216 (s.w.) CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; no lectotype designated), Congo: Combre (A. Weiss), Congo: Mandouga (A. Weiss).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Misspelled as iucundus by Stitz, 1916: 399.]
    • Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 251 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1913c: 314.
    • Subspecies of perrisii: Santschi, 1913c: 314; Santschi, 1915c: 272 (in key); Stitz, 1916: 399; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 251, 983; Emery, 1925b: 131; Santschi, 1930b: 58; Bernard, 1953b: 263; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
    • Distribution: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Senegal.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 216, soldier, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 302-314 (page 314, Combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 251, queen described)