Camponotus polyrhachioides

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Camponotus polyrhachioides
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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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.216667° to -2.33162°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Gabon (type locality), Liberia, Sierra Leone.

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

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

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