Camponotus punctaticeps

Camponotus punctaticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. punctaticeps
Binomial name
Camponotus punctaticeps (Mayr, 1867)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• punctaticeps. Colobopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1867a: 69 (q.) INDONESIA (Java).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: NNML.
  • Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 248;
  • combination in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1896d: 376;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1870b: 942 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 139; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 119; McArthur, 2012: 120.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 248, Combination in Camponotus)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 376, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschr. Entomol. 10: 33-117 (page 69, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382