Camponotus schneei

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Camponotus schneei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. schneei
Binomial name
Camponotus schneei
Mayr, 1903

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Marshall Islands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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 schneeiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0915774. Photographer Harald Bruckner, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMW, Vienna, Austria.

Nomenclature

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

  • schneei. Camponotus schneei Mayr, 1903: 401 (s.w.q.) MARSHALL IS.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Marshall Is: (no further data) (P. Schnee).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 122; McArthur, 2012: 110.
    • Distribution: Marshall Is.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
  • Mayr, G. 1903. Hymenopterologische Miszellen. II. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 53: 387-403 (page 401, soldier, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Mayr G. 1903. Hymenopterologische Miszellen. II. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 53: 387-403.