Camponotus piliventris
Camponotus piliventris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. piliventris |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus piliventris (Smith, F., 1858) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -31.55° to -36.61666667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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.
- piliventris. Formica piliventris Smith, F. 1858b: 39 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4.
- Junior synonym of suffusus: Mayr, 1886c: 355; Emery, 1896d: 373; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 120; Taylor, 1987a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 419; Roger, 1863b: 4, 44; McArthur, 2007a: 320; McArthur, 2010: 88.
- Distribution: Australia.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker. Length 5« lines(= 11 mm). Very variable in color: head obscurely black; thorax, legs and abdomen black, or with the head and the thorax obscurely red; sometimes black with only the legs red. Head large, much wider than the thorax, the mandibles with coarse longitudinal irregular striae; the clypeus subcarinate; the head and thorax very delicately shagreened; the thorax rounded in front, much compressed behind, with the metathorax obliquely truncated. Abdomen obscurely cupreous and clothed with a short pale golden pubescence; the scale narrow, incrassate, narrowed to the upper margin, which is very faintly notched.
Hab. South Australia.
References
- Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 353-368 (page 355, Junior synonym of suffusus)
- McArthur, A.J. 2007a. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 290-351.
- McArthur, A.J. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia: 121 pp. South Australian Museum.
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 4, Combination in Camponotus)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 39, worker described)