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Camponotus polyrhachioides
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Phasmomyrmex |
| Species: | C. polyrhachioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus polyrhachioides Emery, 1898
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.216667° to -2.33162°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Gabon (type locality), Liberia, Sierra Leone.
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
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a associate (details unknown) for the fungus Gibellula formicarium (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
- This species is a host for the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
Castes
Images from AntWeb
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0250078. Photographer Peter Hawkes, uploaded by Curator Peter Hawkes AFRC. | Owned by AFRC, Pretoria, South Africa. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0415642. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
    
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0905183. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- paradoxa. Polyrhachis paradoxa André, 1892a: 46 (w.) GABON.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Gabon: (no further data) (A. Mocquerys).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Colobopsis paradoxa Mayr, 1866b: 887.]
- Combination in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis): Santschi, 1923e: 293; Emery, 1925b: 58;
- combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 266; Mayr, 1895: 153; André, 1895a: 1; Emery, 1896d: 380 (in list); Stitz, 1910: 149; Santschi, 1923e: 293; Emery, 1925b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 316.
- Junior synonym of polyrhachioides: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 987.
- Replacement name: Camponotus polyrhachioides Emery, 1898a: 227.
- polyrhachioides. Camponotus polyrhachioides Emery, 1898a: 227.
- Replacement name for Polyrhachis paradoxa André, 1892a: 46. [Junior secondary homonym of Colobopsis paradoxa Mayr, 1866b: 887.]
- [Misspelled as polyrhachoides by Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 81.]
- Emery, 1920c: 30 (q.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmacantha): Emery, 1920b: 258;
- combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1912i: 92; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 254;
- combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- Junior synonym of paradoxus: Emery, 1925b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 316.
- Status as species: Forel, 1901h: 74; Santschi, 1910c: 393; Forel, 1913h: 357; Emery, 1920c: 30; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 254, 987; Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus cupreus.
Description
References
- Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- André E. 1895. Formicides de l'Ogooué (Congo français). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 14: 1-5.
- Emery C. 1920. Studi sui Camponotus. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 52: 3-48.
- Forel A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82.
- Forel A. 1913. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 347-359.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- Santschi F. 1923. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11: 259-295.
- Stitz H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 125-151.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004
- Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6