Camponotus sericeus peguensis

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Camponotus sericeus peguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. sericeus
Subspecies: C. sericeus peguensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus sericeus peguensis
Emery, 1895

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India, Myanmar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • peguensis. Camponotus sericeus subsp. peguensis Emery, 1895k: 479 (w.) MYANMAR.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): (no further data) (L. Fea).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913k: 129.
    • Subspecies of sericeus: Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Forel, 1913e: 664; Forel, 1913k: 129; Emery, 1925b: 126; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.
    • Material of the nomen nudum sericeoopaciventris referred here by Forel, 1895e: 455.
    • Distribution: India, Myanmar.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 34[=(2(14): 450-483 (page 479, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1895f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472 (page 455, Material of the nomen nudum sericeoopaciventris referred here.)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 129, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))