Camponotus quadrisectus

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Camponotus quadrisectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. quadrisectus
Binomial name
Camponotus quadrisectus
(Smith, F., 1858)

Camponotus quadrisectus casent0903576 p 1 high.jpg

Camponotus quadrisectus casent0903576 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Camponotus-quadrisectusH2.5.jpgCamponotus-quadrisectusL1.2.jpgCamponotus-quadrisectusD1.2.jpgCamponotus-quadrisectusLabe.jpg
. Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus quadrisectus casent0903576 p 2 high.jpg
Holotype of Camponotus quadrisectusQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0903576. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • quadrisectus. Formica quadrisecta Smith, F. 1858b: 28 (q.) PHILIPPINES (no island nominated).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
    • combination in C. (Myrmophyma): Forel, 1912i: 91;
    • combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1920b: 256.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 419; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 306; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 249; Emery, 1893g: 267; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1909b: 57; Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 343; Forel, 1910d: 127; Forel, 1911d: 390; Forel, 1911e: 290; Forel, 1913k: 129; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 110; Emery, 1925b: 135; Santschi, 1928h: 132; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 240; Baltazar, 1966: 272; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus hians, margaritae.

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
  • 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
  • Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
  • Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.