Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi

Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. reticulatus
Subspecies:	C. reticulatus yerburyi
Trinomial name
Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi Forel, 1893
Synonyms
Camponotus bedoti motschulskii Emery, 1893

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• yerburyi. Camponotus reticulatus r. yerburyi 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.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 139.
  • Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 372.
  • Subspecies of reticulatus: Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Forel, 1911i: 228; Emery, 1925b: 139; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 130; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 107; McArthur, 2012: 122; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 36.
  • Senior synonym of motschulskii: Forel, 1895e: 455 (in text); Emery, 1896d: 374; Emery, 1925b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 130.
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka.
• motschulskii. Camponotus bedoti r. motschulskii Emery, 1893e: 197 (in text) (w.) SRI LANKA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (E. Simon).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Subspecies of bedoti Emery, 1893f: 253.
  • Junior synonym of yerburyi: Forel, 1895e: 455 (in text); Emery, 1896d: 374; Emery, 1925b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 112.

References

• Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 372, Raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 374, Senior synonym of motschulskii)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 139, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 139, Subspecies of reticulatus)
• 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, soldier, worker described)