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Camponotus pseudoirritans
| Camponotus pseudoirritans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. pseudoirritans |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus pseudoirritans Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1989 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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.
- pseudoirritans. Camponotus pseudoirritans Wu, J. & Wang, in Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989b: 321, figs. 24, 25 (w.) CHINA (Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 34 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Guangdong Prov., Taishan County, 25.viii.1983 (J. Wu); paratypes: 4 workers with same data, 16 workers China: Hunan Prov., Henshan and Liuyang Counties, 20.vi.1980 – 3.ix.1983 (J. Wu & S. Yin), 1 worker Hunan Prov., Dayong City, ix.1987 (W. Zho), 3 workers China: Yunnan Prov., Jinghong County, 25.ix.1987 (J. Wu & C. Wang), 2 workers Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, 21.xi.1987 (J. Wu & C. Wang), 3 workers Yunnan Prov., Jinghong County, 15-17.vii.1984 (X. Ou), 2 workers China: Sichuan Prov., Xichang City, 6.vii.1986 (M. Wang), 3 workers China: Fujian Prov., Wuyi Mt, 15.viii.1988 (J. Wu).
- Type-depository: CAFB.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
- Status as species: Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1315; Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 30 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 118; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 180; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Zhou, 2001b: 209; Zhang, W. & Zheng, 2002: 218; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997d. Review of ants of the subgenera Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 76: 806-815 (page 809, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Wang, C.; Xiao, G.; Wu, J. 1989b. Taxonomic studies on the genus Camponotus Mayr in China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [concl.]. For. Res. 2: 321-328 (page 321, figs. 24, 25 soldier, worker described)
- Wu, J. & Wang, C. 1992. Formicidae (pp. 1301-1320). In Peng, J. et al. Iconography of Forest Insects in Hunan, China. Forest Bureau of Hunan Province: 1473 pp. Hunan Scientific and Technical Publishing House.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Lu C. 2013. The ant fauna in DamingShan National Nature Reserve of Guangxi. Master's Thesis Guangxi Normal University, 83 pages.
- Qin F., S. Wei, Z. Zeng, S. Zhou, and X. Qin. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic research on five genera of Formicidae. Agricultural Science and Technology 9(5): 66-69.
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
- Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
- Staab M., N. Bluthgen, and A. M. Klein. 2014. Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment. Oikos doi: 10.1111/oik.01723
- Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.