Camponotus rufoglaucus syphax

Camponotus rufoglaucus syphax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. rufoglaucus
Subspecies:	C. rufoglaucus syphax
Trinomial name
Camponotus rufoglaucus syphax Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 30.66666667° to -6°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Rwanda.

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.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

• syphax. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus subsp. syphax Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 246 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Zambi (H.O. Lang & J.P. Chapin), Zambi (J. Bequaert).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 969; Emery, 1925b: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 126.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 126, catalogue)
• Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, J., de Dieu Nsenganeza, J., Iradukunda, S. C., Majyambere, M., Kizungu, O. B., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Fabrice, R., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L. M., Kolo, Y., Anale, J. S., Gómez, K., Dekoninck, W. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe Tropical Rain Forest, south-western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2), 69-81 (doi:10.2982/028.111.0203).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 246, soldier, worker described)