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Camponotus tapia
| Camponotus tapia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmosaga |
| Species: | C. tapia |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus tapia Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022 | |
The distribution of C. tapia is limited to the high central plateau of Madagascar (Fig. 75D). The species inhabits grassland, savannah woodland, shrubland, and Uapaca woodland in the region. Across these areas, this species nests most often under stones and in rotting tree stumps, and forages mainly on the ground.
Identification
With head in full-face view, lateral margins of head anterior to eye level parallel, lacking erect hairs; clypeus with distinct anterolateral corner; in oblique profile, four or more pairs of erect hairs arranged successively from level of anterior ocular margin towards posterior cephalic margin; in profile, junction of propodeal dorsum to declivity surface broadly angulate; petiole nodelike and not anteroposteriorly compressed.
See Camponotus atimo for further details.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
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. |
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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.
- tapia. Camponotus tapia Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 171, figs. 15B, 25A, 29B, 30B, 75 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
Type Material
- Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR: Province Fianarantsoa: Forêt d’Atsirakambiaty, 7.6 km 285° WNW Itremo, -20.59333, 46.56333, 1550 m, grassland, under stone, 22–26 Jan 2003 (Fisher, Griswold et al.) collection code: BLF07214, specimen code: CASENT0493939 (CAS).
- Paratypes. 5 minor workers and 1 major worker with same data as holotype but respectively with specimen codes: CASENT0826114, CASENT0826115, CASENT0493938, CASENT0837568, CASENT0837569, CASENT0493942 (NHMUK, MHNG, MSNG, PBZT, CAS).