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Camponotus puniceps
| Camponotus puniceps | |
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| 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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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- 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
- Donisthorpe, H. 1942d. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(9): 449-461.(page 458, worker 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
- 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.