.jpg){kind=logo}
Camponotus taipingensis
| Camponotus taipingensis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. taipingensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus taipingensis Forel, 1913
| |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
|
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. |
|
Biology
Castes
   
| |
| . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- taipingensis. Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) taipingensis Forel, 1913k: 124 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
- Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Malacca, Maxwell’s Hill, nr Taiping, 3400 ft, 2.ii.-15.iii.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 91.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 91; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 126.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 91, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 124, worker described)