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Camponotus pulvinatus
| Camponotus pulvinatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. pulvinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus pulvinatus Mayr, 1907
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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
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| Syntype of Camponotus pulvinatus. Worker. Specimen code casent0910073. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pulvinatus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. pulvinatus Mayr, 1907b: 19 (s.w.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto, 1905-06 (Y. Sjöstedt).
- Type-depositories: NHMW, NHRS.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 88.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Santschi, 1914b: 130; Emery, 1920c: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 958; Emery, 1925b: 88; Menozzi, 1939c: 107; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 69.
- Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 119.
- Distribution: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda.
Description
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 82: 122-135 (page 131, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 88, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Mayr, G. 1907b. 2. Formicidae. Pp. 7-24 in: Sjöstedt, Y. 1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8. Stockho (page 19, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Menozzi C. 1939. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana. 3: 97-110.
- Menozzi C., M. Consani. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11: 57-71.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
- 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