Camponotus tanosy

Camponotus tanosy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Mayria
Species:	C. tanosy
Binomial name
	Camponotus tanosy; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018 Holotype Labels

Camponotus tanosy is only known from the rainforests of the Anosyenne Mountains in the Anosy region of Madagascar. Its nest sites are mostly in rotten logs and rarely under moss on live trees.

Identification

A member of the subgenus Mayria (see diagnosis). Rakotonirina and Fisher (2018) - Median portion of clypeus without longitudinal carina; mandible with five teeth; anteromedian margin of clypeus not covered with lamella; antennal scape covered with sub-erect short hairs; in lateral view, petiolar node higher than long; junction of propodeal dorsum and declivity surface at an obtuse angle.

See discussion under Camponotus raina and Camponotus sada.

Keys including this Species

Key to Malagasy Camponotus Mayria

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -24.13632° to -24.13894°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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.

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.

tanosy. Camponotus tanosy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 54, figs. 7A, 34, 42 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Type-material: holotype worker (caste not indicated), 1 paratype major workers, 7 paratype minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Madagascar: Toliara, Anosy Region, Anosyenne Mts, 31.2 km. NW Manantenina, -24.13892, 47.06804, 1125 m., 26.ii.2015, BLF36510 (B.L. Fisher, F.A. Esteves, et al.); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); BMNH, CASC, MHNG, MSNG, PBZT (paratypes).
- Combination in C. (Mayria): Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 54;
- combination in C. (Myrmonesites): Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022: 147.
- Distribution: Madagascar.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Minor. In full-face view, head elongate, rectangular, with broadly convex posterior margin. Anteromedian clypeal margin broadly convex and not covered with lamella. Eyes breaking lateral outlines of head, their posterior margins located well behind the mid-length of the head (PoOc/CL: 0.30±0.01; 0.28–0.31). Mandible triangular, apical margin with five sharp teeth. Antennal scape long, roughly its distal half extending beyond posterior cephalic border. In lateral view, pronotum and anterior portion of mesonotum slightly convex; posterior portion of mesonotum and propodeum more or less straight and rounding to the declivity surface; propodeal dorsum generally twice as long as height of declivity. Petiolar node higher than long, its dorsal margin rounding to anterior face.

One pair of elongate, stout, erect hairs near the posterior margin of head and a pair each on the pronotum, at the junction of propodeal dorsum & declivity and on the posterodorsal margin of the petiole; a few short appressed hairs present on mesosomal dorsum. Antennal scape with abundant sub-erect, short hairs. Head, mesosoma, petiole, gastral segments, and antennal scape generally black; trochanter and distal portion of coxa and first four gastral sternites whitish-yellow; femur, funiculus, tibia, and tarsus light brown to brown.

Major. With characteristics of minor worker except: broader head, mesosoma much more robust with distinct metanotum; promesonotum slightly convex; propodeal dorsum more or less straight and rounding to the declivity surface; petiolar node tapering dorsally.

Type Material

Holotype worker. Madagascar: Province Tokiara, Anosy Region, Anosyenne Mts, 31.2 km NW Manantenina, - 24.13894, 47.06804, 1125 m, ex rotten log, rainforest, 26 Feb 2015, (B.L. Fisher, F.A. Esteves et al.), collection code: BLF36510, specimen code: CASENT0803890 (California Academy of Sciences).

Paratypes. 7 minor workers and 1 major worker with same data as holotype but with specimen codes: CASENT0803889, CASENT0803891, CASENT0803892, CASENT0803893, CASENT0803894 (major), CASENT0803895, CASENT0393312, CASENT0804650 (CASC, The Natural History Museum, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza).

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