Camponotus sericeus sanguiniceps

Camponotus sericeus sanguiniceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sericeus
Subspecies:	C. sericeus sanguiniceps
Trinomial name
Camponotus sericeus sanguiniceps Donisthorpe, 1942

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Myanmar (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.

• sanguiniceps. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus var. sanguiniceps Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458 (s.w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu) (in text) (date of publication (30).vi.1942).
  • Type-material: 60 syntype major and minor workers.
  • Type-locality: India: Tinnevelley Dist., Dohnavur, 350 ft, 30.xi.1938, 1.x.1938, 8.x.1938, (Colombo Museum Expd. Southern India) (G.M. Henry).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • [Also described as new by Donisthorpe, 1942g: 250 (in text) (date of publication 2.xi.1942).]
  • Subspecies of sericeus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 122.
  • Distribution: India.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1942d. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(9): 449-461 (page 458, worker described)