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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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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.
- [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.
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