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Camponotus somalinus curtior
| Camponotus somalinus curtior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. somalinus |
| Subspecies: | C. somalinus curtior |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus somalinus curtior Forel, 1894
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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.
- curtior. Camponotus somalinus var. curtior Forel, 1894b: 65 (s.w.) ETHIOPIA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Ethiopia (“S Abyssinia”): (no further data) (A. Ilg).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 100.
- Subspecies of somalinus: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 961; Emery, 1925b: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
- Distribution: Ethiopia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 100, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 65, soldier, worker described)