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Camponotus semirufus
| Camponotus semirufus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species group: | lateralis |
| Species complex: | sicheli |
| Species: | C. semirufus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925 | |
Inhabits saxual and tamarix thickets, building nests in soil (Dlusskii et al. 1990).
Identification
Radchenko (1997) - A member of the Camponotus lateralis species group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 41.508577°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.
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.
- semirufus. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) interjectus subsp. semirufus Emery, 1925a: 65.
- [First available use of Camponotus lateralis subsp. interjectus var. semirifus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923: 243 (w.) UZBEKISTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Uzbekistan: Tashkent Dist., Bossy, 3.v.1922 (N.N. Kuznetsov), Nikiforovsk, 26.iii.1922 (N.N. Kuznetsov).
- Type-depositories: SIZK, ZMUM.
- Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 163 (redescription); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 237; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 137; Bolton, 1995b: 123; Radchenko, 1996b: 1197 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 707; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2000: 12; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 203; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29.
- Distribution: China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Description
References
- Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 237, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1925e. I Camponotus (Myrmentoma) paleartici del gruppo lateralis. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 29: 62-72 (page 65, fig. 2 worker described)
- Radchenko, A.G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77: 1050-1059 (translated from Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76: 703-711).
- Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 163, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Collingwood C., and H. Heatwole. 2000. Ants from Northwestern China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche 103 (1-2): 1-24.
- Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.
- Radchenko A. G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77(8): 1050-1059.
- 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.
- Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.