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Camponotus roubaudi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. roubaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus roubaudi Santschi, 1911
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (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
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus roubaudi. Worker. Specimen code casent0912035. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- roubaudi. Camponotus roubaudi Santschi, 1911c: 365, fig. (s.w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss), Brazzaville (F. Roubaud).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Misspelled as ronbaudi by Emery, 1920b: 255.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913b: 340;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 103.
- Status as species: Forel, 1913b: 340; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 961; Emery, 1925b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 120.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 103, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 340, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
- Santschi, F. 1911c [1910]. Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 79: 351-369 (page 365, fig. soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004