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Camponotus reticulatus latitans
| Camponotus reticulatus latitans | |
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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 |
| Subspecies: | C. reticulatus latitans |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus reticulatus latitans Forel, 1893 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.
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.
- latitans. Camponotus reticulatus var. latitans Forel, 1893b: 431 (s.w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as latitus by Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 107.]
- Forel, 1915a: 40 (footnote) (q.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1915a: 40 (footnote).
- Subspecies of reticulatus: Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 372; Forel, 1911i: 228; Forel, 1915a: 40; Emery, 1925b: 139; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 107; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 107; McArthur, 2012: 106; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 36.
- Distribution: Sri Lanka.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1893c. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part II. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 430-439 (page 431, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschr. Entomol. 58: 22-43 (page 40, (footnote) queen described)
- Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschr. Entomol. 58: 22-43 (page 40, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys) (footnote))