Camponotus setosus

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Camponotus setosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. setosus
Binomial name
Camponotus setosus
Shattuck & McArthur, 2002

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Specimen labels

This apparently uncommon species is restricted to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. All known collections consist of ground-foraging workers in open Eucalyptus woodlands.

Identification

Erect hairs present on tibiae. Metanotal groove a distinct, shallow trough. These two characters will separate this distinctive species from others in this group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.88° to -16.65°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • setosus. Camponotus setosus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002: 81, figs. 41-43 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 310; McArthur, 2014: 172.

Type Material

Description

Minor worker

Pronotum and mesonotum form together an even, raised convexity followed by the angular trough of the metanotum, the weakly convex dorsal surface of the propodeum, a widely rounded angle and the straight posterior face. Entire body covered with dense flat lying pubescence, erect setae absent from antennae. Pubescence on posterior of gaster yellow, elsewhere white. Caster black, most of head, mesosoma and node black, the remainder with red patches; antennae dark brown; coxa and femora red, tibiae and tarsi brown.

Measurements

Workers (n=4). CI 0.85 — 0.88; HL I.88mm — I .96mm; HW 1.64mm — I .69mm; ML 3.08mm — 3.20mm; MTL 2.34mm — 2.54mm; PnW 1.50mm — 1.54mm; SI 1.45 — 1.57; SL 2.45mm — 2.62mm.

Etymology

Named after the abundant long setae present on most regions of its body.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Andersen A. N., B. D. Hoffmann, and S. Oberprieler. 2016. Diversity and biogeography of a species-rich ant fauna of the Australian seasonal tropics. Insect Science DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.12402