Camponotus sericeus euchrous

Camponotus sericeus euchrous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sericeus
Subspecies:	C. sericeus euchrous
Trinomial name
Camponotus sericeus euchrous Santschi, 1926

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Niger, Sudan (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.

• euchrous. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus var. euchrous Santschi, 1926b: 267 (w.) MALI.
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Mali (“Soudan français”): (no further data).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of sericeus: Bolton, 1995b: 98.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, catalogue)
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 267, queen described)