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Camponotus solon chiton
| Camponotus solon chiton | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. solon |
| Subspecies: | C. solon chiton |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus solon chiton Emery, 1925
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Taylor et al. (2018) treated this taxon as a full species but provided no justification for this change in status. This proposal has not been followed by subsequent authors.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Senegal (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.
- chiton. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon var. chiton Emery, 1925b: 100.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. solon var. chilon Forel, 1901h: 68 (s.w.q.) SENEGAL, BENIN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: workers Senegal: (no further data) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959; no lectotype designated), queen Benin (“Dahomey”): (no further data) (Martiensen).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps MHNG).
- [Note: type-material originated in Hamburg Museum, so probably destroyed in World War II.]
- [Misspelled as chilon by Santschi, 1937b: 103.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1911e: 288; Santschi, 1914d: 379; Emery, 1920c: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959.
- Subspecies of solon: Santschi, 1937b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
- Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal.
Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018): Forel (1901): Camponotus maculatus F. r. solon Forel v. Chilon n. var., no locality, MARTIENSEN, a queen but not associated with any workers. New status here as Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilon Emery, 1925: 100 (listed as Camponotus solon Forel, var. chilon), type CASENT0910267. Note: chilon was the Forel spelling. Santschi (1937) had it as “solon v. chilon”, which is the spelling on the CASENT0910267 label.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 92, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 100, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 68, First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. solon var. chilon; unavailable name.)
- Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).