Camponotus postoculatus

Camponotus postoculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. postoculatus
Binomial name
Camponotus postoculatus Forel, 1914 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.2501° to -33.65°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

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.

• postoculatus. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) postoculatus Forel, 1914d: 254 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Durban (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 984; Arnold, 1924: 730; Emery, 1925b: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 118.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 254, soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Arnold G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 675-766.
• Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.