Camponotus reticulatus sericellus

Camponotus reticulatus sericellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. reticulatus
Subspecies:	C. reticulatus sericellus
Trinomial name
Camponotus reticulatus sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (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.

• sericellus. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) bedoti subsp. sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916a: 158 (s.w.q.) SINGAPORE.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Singapore: 13 : 15, 103 (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
  • Subspecies of bedoti: McArthur, 2012: 94 (error).
  • Subspecies of reticulatus: Crawley, 1923a: 30; Crawley, 1924: 406; Emery, 1925b: 139; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 123; McArthur, 2012: 108; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 38.
  • Distribution: Singapore.

References

• Crawley, W. C. 1923a. Myrmecological notes. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 35: 29-32 (page 30, Race of reticulatus)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 158, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).