Camponotus puniceps

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Camponotus puniceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. puniceps
Binomial name
Camponotus puniceps
Donisthorpe, 1942

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • puniceps. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) puniceps Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
    • Type-material: 9 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: India: Tinnevelly Dist., Dohnavur, 350 ft, 1.x.1938, (Colombo Museum Expd. Southern India) (G.M. Henry).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Tiwari, 1999: 71; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 103; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
    • Distribution: India.

Description

References

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
  • Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
  • Donisthorpe H. 1942. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)9: 449-461.