Camponotus somalinus curtior

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Camponotus somalinus curtior
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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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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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

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