Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus

Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Phasmomyrmex
Species:	C. polyrhachioides
Subspecies:	C. polyrhachioides cupreus
Trinomial name
Camponotus polyrhachioides cupreus (Santschi, 1923)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• cupreus. Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis) paradoxus var. cupreus Santschi, 1923e: 293 (w.) CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
  • Subspecies of paradoxus: Bolton, 1995b: 316.
  • Subspecies of polyrhachioides: unpublished.
  • Distribution: Congo.

References

• Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 11: 259-295 (page 293, worker described)
• 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).