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Camponotus sericeus obtusus
| Camponotus sericeus obtusus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. sericeus |
| Subspecies: | C. sericeus obtusus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus sericeus obtusus (Smith, F., 1858) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Egypt (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. |
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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.
- obtusus. Formica obtusa Smith, F. 1858b: 30 (w.) EGYPT.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Egypt: (no further data).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- [Note: Smith, F. 1858b: 30, says of the worker “ocelli distinct”.]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
- combination in Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1926b: 267.
- Junior synonym of sericeus: Mayr, 1863: 401; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 38; Emery, 1896d 376; Forel, 1891b: 56; Forel, 1892j: 231; Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Emery, 1896d 376; Bingham, 1903: 376; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 974; Emery, 1925b: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 115 (error); Tiwari, 1999: 69 (error) ; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 113 (error).
- Subspecies of sericeus: Santschi, 1926b: 267; Santschi, 1933b: 108.
- [Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 38 (error).]
- Distribution: Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan.