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Camponotus subpilus
| Camponotus subpilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. subpilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus subpilus Shattuck, 2005
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The single known collection of this species consisted of workers foraging on vegetation in a rainforest. It is presumably arboreal nesting. (Shattuck 2005)
Identification
Shattuck (2005) - Minor. Enlarged hairs on pronotum present but limited to a band along the central 1/3 of its width; dorsal surface of head with scattered, widely spaced pubescence; mesonotum weakly arched and dorsum of mesosoma forming a shallow arch with the propodeum relatively high; dorsum of gaster the same colour as the mesosoma.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.14° to -3.14°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.
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.
- subpilus. Camponotus subpilus Shattuck, 2005: 13, figs. 19-21 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
- Type-material: holotype minor worker, 2 paratype minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Irian Jaya, PT Freeport Concession, Wapoga Camp, 3800 ft, 3°14’S, 136°57’E, 29.iv.1998 (R.R. Snelling); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: LACM (holotype); ANIC, LACM (paratypes).
- Status as species: Shattuck & Janda, 2009: 252 (in key).
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Minor. (n=3): CI 87–89, HL 1.89–2.07 mm, HW 1.67–1.85 mm, ML 3.20–3.30 mm, MTL 2.21–2.24 mm, SI 131–151, SL 2.43–2.57 mm.
Minor. Posterolateral margin of head angular, the dorsal surface weakly convex, the lateral surface weakly concave, a ridge running from the eye to the posterolateral corner. Petiolar node low, block-like, its dorsal surface broadly convex. Individual erect hairs scattered on dorsum of mesosoma, petiole and gaster; enlarged yellow hairs present on central one-third of pronotum; pubescence thin and sparse across entire body. Colour black, gaster black with a small pale yellow spots on the anterolateral corners of the second tergite, legs dark red-black.
Type Material
Holotype worker and 2 worker paratypes from PT. Freeport Concession, Wapoga camp, 3,800ft., 3°14’S 136°57’E, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 29 April 1998, R. R. Snelling, montane primary rainforest, foragers on vegetation (holotype and 1 paratype in Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1 paratype in Australian National Insect Collection).
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Shattuck S. O. 2005. Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland. Zootaxa 930: 1-20.