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Camponotus sylvaticus basalis
| Camponotus sylvaticus basalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. sylvaticus |
| Subspecies: | C. sylvaticus basalis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus sylvaticus basalis Smith, F., 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.6098° to 30.372°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.
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.
- basalis. Camponotus basalis Smith, F. 1878b: 9, pl., fig. 1 (q.) INDIA (Jammu & Kashmir).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: India: Kashmir, Sind Valley, viii. (F. Stoliczka).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Misspelled as basilis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 250.]
- Bingham, 1903: 352 (s.w.).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 101.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 352.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1904c: 29; Forel, 1906b: 84.
- Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 101; Stärcke, 1935: 265; Menozzi, 1939a: 315; Eidmann, 1942: 251; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 88; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 121; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 429.
- Senior synonym of lobinieri: Bingham, 1903: 352; Forel, 1904c: 29; Emery, 1905d: 35 (in text); Emery, 1925b: 101; Stärcke, 1935: 265; Bolton, 1995b: 88; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 121.
- Distribution: India, Pakistan.
- lobinieri. Camponotus maculatus r. lobinieri Forel, 1902d: 287 (w.) INDIA (Jammu & Kashmir).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Kashmir (Lobinière).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as lotbinieri by Forel, 1903a: 711; misspelled as lobiniri by Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 121.]
- Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1903a: 711.
- Junior synonym of basalis: Bingham, 1903: 352; Forel, 1904c: 29; Emery, 1905d: 35 (in text); Emery, 1925b: 101; Stärcke, 1935: 265; Bolton, 1995b: 109; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 121.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 352, senior synonym of lobinieri)
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 352, soldier, worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
- 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).
- Eidmann, H. 1942a. Zur Kenntnis der Ameisenfauna des Nanga Parbat. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 75: 239-266 (page 251, race/subspecies of sylvaticus)
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 7, race/subspecies of sylvaticus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 101, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 29, race/subspecies of maculatus)
- Forel, A. 1906b. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 42: 79-94 (page 84, race/subspecies of maculatus)
- Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
- Smith, F. 1878b. Scientific results of the Second Yarkand Mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, Ph.D. Hymenoptera. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing (Government of India), 22 pp. (page 9, pl., fig. 1 queen described)
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).