Camponotus sankisianus

Camponotus sankisianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sankisianus
Binomial name
Camponotus sankisianus Forel, 1913 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.83333° to -12.39096°.

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).

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

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Nomenclature

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

• sankisianus. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri r. sankisianus Forel, 1913b: 347 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert).
  • Type-depository: MHNG or MRAC.
  • Arnold, 1946: 65 (s.).
  • Subspecies of mayri: Santschi, 1913c: 313; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 973; Emery, 1925b: 125; Santschi, 1930b: 80; Santschi, 1937d: 243.
  • Status as species: Arnold, 1946: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 122.
  • Distribution: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia.

References

• Arnold, G. 1946. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 6. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 49-97 (page 65, soldier described)
• Arnold, G. 1946. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 6. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 49-97 (page 65, Raised to species)
• Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 347, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Santschi F. 1913. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 302-314.
• Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
• Santschi, F.. "Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37 (1930): 53-81.
• 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