Camponotus pseudolendus

Camponotus pseudolendus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pseudolendus
Binomial name
	Camponotus pseudolendus; 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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

pseudolendus. Camponotus pseudolendus Wu, J. & Wang, in Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 225, figs. 13, 14 (s.w.) CHINA (Sichuan, Yunnan).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 19 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Sichuan Prov., Xichang City, 6.vii.1986 (M. Wang); paratypes: 14 workers with same data, 2 workers China: Yunnan Prov., Anning County, 17.xi.1987 (J. Wu & C. Wang), 3 workers Yunnan Prov., Chenggong County, 30.vi.1940 (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: CAFB (holotype); BAUC, CAFB (paratypes).
- Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Radchenko, 1997d: 812.
- Status as species: Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 30 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 118; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 177; Radchenko, 1997d: 812; Zhang, W. & Zheng, 2002: 218; 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 812, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1989a. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Camponotus pseudolendus Wu et Wang; Camponotus chongqingensis Wu et Wang; Camponotus largiceps Wu et Wang.] Pp. 225-227, 227-228 in: Wang, C., Xiao, G., Wu, J. Taxonomic studies on the genus | (page 225, figs. 13, 14 soldier, worker described)

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.
Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
Li Q., B. D. Hoffmann, Z. X. Lu, and Y. Q. Chen. 2017. Ants show that the conservation potential of afforestation efforts in Chinese valley-type savanna is dependent upon the afforestation method. Journal of Insect Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10841-017-0005-0
Li Q., Z. Lu, Z. Wei, M. Yanyan, and F. Ping. 2015. Communities of ground-dwelling ants in different plantation forest in arid-hot valleys of Jinsha river, Yunnan Province, China. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 51(8): 134-142.
Li Qiao, Chen You-qing, Guo Xiao, Duan Yan, Chen Yan-lin, and Xu Zheng-hui. 2007. Diversity of ants in differents habitats in Yuanmou arid-hot valley, Yunnan. Journal of Fujian College of Forestry 27(3): 272-277.
Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press