Camponotus reticulatus latitans

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Camponotus reticulatus latitans
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

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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 (w.) SRI LANKA.
    • [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.

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))