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Camponotus reticulatus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. reticulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 14.14999962° to -13.167°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Singapore, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Malagasy Region: Seychelles.
Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a mutualist for the aphid Aphis gossypii (a trophobiont) (Idechiil et al., 2007; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
- This species is a mutualist for the aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa (a trophobiont) (Idechiil et al., 2007; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
Castes
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus gestiens. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910525. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus gestiens. Worker. Specimen code casent0910526. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus imparilis. Worker. Specimen code casent0910527. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus latitans. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910528. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus latitans. Worker. Specimen code casent0910529. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus sericellus. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910532. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910533. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi. Worker. Specimen code casent0910534. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.
- reticulatus. Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863a: 139 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (J. Nietner).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Note: Roger type-material is principally in DEIB, MNHN, MNHU, ZSBS.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90; Santschi, 1921f: 311; Emery, 1925b: 139.
- Junior synonym of indeflexus: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 3; Mayr, 1863: 459; Smith, F. 1871a: 307; Forel, 1892j: 233; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 372; Emery, 1914b: 181; Emery, 1925b: 139; Karavaiev, 1929c: 239; Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 179; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 233; Wilson, 1962c: 19; Taylor, 1976a: 88; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 118; Dlussky, 1994: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 120; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 104; Clouse, 2007b: 214; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38; McArthur, 2012: 106, 216; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 36; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 38.
- Distribution: Australia?, India, Micronesia, Singapore, Solomon Is, Sri Lanka.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus fullawayi, gestiens, imparilis, jagori, latitans, sericellus, yerburyi.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker. 3.5 mm. long, dark reddish brown, without gloss,antennae, mandibles, part of the border of the head and limbs brownish yellow. Erect hairs are long but not plentiful and absent on tibias. Entire head which is somewhat wider than the thorax, densely covered with thimble like punctations. Clypeus blunt in front, hardly keeled. Frontal area indistinct,funicles of the antennae at the end brownish. Mandibles with 5 teeth, in front black with sparse strong punctations. Thorax arc shaped with dense thimble like punctations, dull. Pronotum is most wide, with rounded sides, with elongated punctations on the sides. Mesonotum narrowing from the front to the rear. Metanotum strongly suppressed, in the rear part abruptly turned down. Node convex at the front and rear with rounded summit. Margins of the gaster yellowish, finely and densely punctate.
Ceylon, one specimen.
References
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