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Camponotus rubidus
| Camponotus rubidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. rubidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus rubidus Xiao & Wang, C., 1989 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rubidus. Camponotus rubidus Xiao & Wang, in Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 227, figs. 18, 19 (s.w.) CHINA (Hunan).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 18 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Hunan Prov., Henshan County, 4.x.1980 (S. Yin); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: CAFB..
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
- Status as species: Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1314; Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 30 (in key); Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 179; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997d. Review of ants of the subgenera Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 76: 806-815 (page 809, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Wu, J. & Wang, C. 1992. Formicidae (pp. 1301-1320). In Peng, J. et al. Iconography of Forest Insects in Hunan, China. Forest Bureau of Hunan Province: 1473 pp. Hunan Scientific and Technical Publishing House.
- Xiao, G.; Wang, C. 1989a. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Camponotus spanis Xiao et Wang; Camponotus fuscivillosus Xiao et Wang; Camponotus rubidus Xiao et Wang.]. Pp. 224-225, 227 in: Wang, C., Xiao, G., Wu, J. Taxonomic studies on the genus |Camp (page 227, figs. 18, 19 soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
- Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
- Zhang Xiang, and Hou You-Ming. 2009. Five new record genus and thirty one new records species of ants (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Fujian Province. Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 38(5): 479-484.