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Camponotus sericeus sulgeri
| Camponotus sericeus sulgeri | |
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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 sulgeri |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus sericeus sulgeri Santschi, 1913
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.9° to -14.9°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (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.
- sulgeri. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus var. sulgeri Santschi, 1913c: 313 (w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of sericeus: Stitz, 1916: 397; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 975; Emery, 1925b: 125; Santschi, 1930b: 81; Santschi, 1937d: 243; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
- Distribution: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 302-314 (page 313, worker described)
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 397, Race of sericeus)