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Camponotus sklarus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. sklarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Myanmar (type locality), Sri Lanka.
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.
- similis. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) similis Donisthorpe, 1933b: 198 (s.w.) MYANMAR.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- [Note: this taxon is based on workers of badia (F. Smith, 1857a: 54), sensu Bingham, 1903: 358, misidentification.]
- Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): (no further data) (C.T. Bingham).
- [Note: Bingham, 1903: 358, in his misidentification of badia cites both major and minor workers from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia (Peninsula and Borneo); but Donisthorpe, 1933b: 198, apparently cites only a single specimen, “Type in Coll. Brit. Mus”. This is assumed here to be from Myanmar where Bingham did much collecting but must be regarded as one among an original syntype series from all three localities.]
- Type-depository: BMNH (perhaps also OXUM).
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus similis Mayr, 1876: 61.]
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943b: 203; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 250; Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 223 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 71; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27 (error).
- [Note: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27, incorrectly enter this taxon as Calomyrmex similis (Mayr), a strictly Australian species; the replacement name sklarus is omitted from their list.]
- Replacement name: Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995b: 124.
- sklarus. Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995b: 124.
- Replacement name for Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) similis Donisthorpe, 1933b: 198. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus similis Mayr, 1876: 61.]
- Status as species: Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 38.
- Distribution: Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, Replacement name for similis)
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
- Donisthorpe, H. 1933b. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(11): 194-198 (page 198, [Junior primary homonym of similis Mayr, 1876: 61.])
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Dias R. K. S. 2002. Current knowledge on ants of Sri Lanka. ANeT Newsletter 4: 17- 21.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Tiwari R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4): 1-96.
- Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96
- Wang C., Xiao G. and Wu J.. 1989. Taxonomic studies on the genus Camponotus in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (conclusion). Forest Research 2: 221-228