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Camponotus tashcumiri
| Camponotus tashcumiri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. tashcumiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976 | |
This species was collected in Gobi desert only once. Nocturnal in activity (Aibek & Yamane, 2009).
Identification
Aibek & Yamane (2009) - In the Asian Tanaemyrmex some other species (Camponotus barbatus, Camponotus turkestanicus, Camponotus baldaccii, Camponotus fellah, etc.) also have the ventral surface of the head with standing hairs and scape without standing hairs. Among them Camponotus barbatus is a very hairy and black species; the head is extensively covered with standing hairs. In Camponotus baldaccii the ventral surface of the head has short, sparse standing hairs; the alitrunk and anterior half of the gaster are yellow or brownish yellow and the remainder part of the gaster is blackish brown. Campononcs fellah has similar structural and hair conditions to those of C. baldaccii, but the body is wholly black. In conclusion C. tashcumiri is separable from all the Asian species with standing hairs on the ventral surface of the head by a combination of the occurrence of standing hairs on the gena and wholly yellowish body.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 41.508577°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan (type locality), Mongolia.
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.
- tashcumiri. Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976: 158, figs. 280, 281 (s.w.) KYRGYZSTAN.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 126; Radchenko, 1996b: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 810; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205.
Description
References
- Aibek, U., Yamane, S. 2009. Taxonomic review of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from Mongolia. Biogeography 11, 97-108.
- Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 158, figs. 280, 281 soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Aibek U., and S. Yamane. 2009. Taxonomic review of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from Mongolia. Biogeography 11: 97-108.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.