Camponotus tenuipes

Camponotus tenuipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. tenuipes
Binomial name
Camponotus tenuipes (Smith, F., 1857) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.547988° to 2.547988°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• tenuipes. Formica tenuipes Smith, F. 1857a: 57 (q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444, cites 1q OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, “SAR.” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 26; Mayr, 1863: 421; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Dalla Torre, 1893: 254; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 121; Emery, 1925b: 172; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 126; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 38.
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica tenuipes

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR.”

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 444, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Combination in Camponotus)
• Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 57, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
• Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
• Smith, F.. "Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2 (1857): 42-88.
• Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.