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Camponotus simus manidis
| Camponotus simus manidis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. simus |
| Subspecies: | C. simus manidis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus simus manidis Forel, 1909
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo, Democratic Republic of 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.
- manidis. Camponotus manidis Forel, 1909b: 62 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo): (no further data) “in stomach of pangolin (Manis temminki)” (Solon).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as manidus by McArthur, 2012: 124.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 990.
- Subspecies of simus: Forel, 1911f: 282; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 990; Emery, 1925b: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 110; McArthur, 2012: 124.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 110, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 62, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1911h. Fourmis d'Afrique et d'Asie. I. Fourmis d'Afrique surtout du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 274-283 (page 282, subspecies of simus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 990, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))