Camponotus rufoglaucus latericius

Camponotus rufoglaucus latericius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. rufoglaucus
Subspecies:	C. rufoglaucus latericius
Trinomial name
Camponotus rufoglaucus latericius Stitz, 1923

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Namibia (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.

• latericius. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus r. latericius Stitz, 1923: 165 (w.) NAMIBIA.
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: Namibia (“German Southwest Africa”): Farm Neitsas, Grootfontein Dist., 1907 (G. Fock), Namibia (“German Southwest Africa”): N Sandfeld, 1912-13 (von Zastrow).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Bolton, 1995b: 107.
  • Distribution: Namibia.

References

• Stitz, H. 1923. Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae. Beitr. Kennt. Land- Süsswasserfauna Dtsch.-Südwestafr. 2: 143-167 (page 165, worker described)